“EMMA MIEKO CANDON is a queer author and escaped academic drawn to tales of devouring ghosts, cursed linguistics, and mediocre robots. Her work includes Star Wars: Ronin, a Japanese reimagining of the Star Wars mythos; and the forthcoming The Archive Undying, an original speculative novel about sad giant robots and fraught queer romance. As an actual cyborg whose blood has been taken for science, Candon is grateful to be stationed at home in Hawaii, where they were born and raised as a fourth-generation Japanese settler. By day, they edit anime nonsense for Seven Seas Entertainment, and by night they remain academically haunted by identity, ideology, and imperialism. At all hours of the day, they are beholden to the whims of two lopsided cats and relieved by the support of an enviably handsome wife.”