Frances James Dinger is a writer and textile artist living in Seattle. Their work has appeared in Catapult, Identity Theory, The Seattle Review of Books, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and Two Serious Ladies, among other places. For five years, they were a co-director of APRIL Festival, an annual celebration of independent literature in Seattle that featured sold-out unconventional literary events and a small-press book fair. Frances is a Tin House Summer Workshop alum and was a member of Catapult’s inaugural Queer & Trans Novel Generator cohort. They are currently completing a to-be-announced nonfiction title for Boss Fight Books. You can follow them on Instagram and learn more on their https://www.francesjamesdinger.com/.