Sierra Branham was the recipient of a first-place award in the 2023 Utah Original Writing Competition, and a mentee in the 2023 WriteTeam Mentorship Program. She has a short story published in The Dread Machine and another in Small Wonders Magazine. She's a queer, practicing mental health therapist and in her free time you'll find her cuddling her cats (and sometimes her children), juggling knives, or battling existential crises. Love Galaxy is her first novel.