Shepard DiStasio (he/they) is a trans, disabled writer with an affinity for dark fantasy and the gothic. He is a Swarthout Award winner in poetry, and his debut novel, VEIL US IN GOLD, was an Indie Ink Awards finalist for Trans/Non-Binary Representation. They have poetry and prose in DOG TEETH, Reverent: An Anthology, Wasteland Review, Lux Creative Review, and a French poetic translation in HFR’s Thousand Languages Project. They also won the Lux Creative Review Poetry Award for 2022. He has 2 cats with his partner, and loves to translate Attic Greek poetry between rereading Gothic novels or replaying Dragon Age and Mass Effect.

Shepard can be found lurking on Twitter.

Agent Contact: Kirsten Lang