STEPHANIE NINA PITSIRILOS (To Love Like Venus, Event Horizon: Stories of No Turning Back) is a critically acclaimed prose and comics writer. She is the recipient of the 2022 Chautauqua Janus Prize for her story “Jean” and her 2026 debut novel, To Love Like Venus, is a Kirkus Prize nominee. Her works span from literary novels, collections, zines, and artists' books, always bending spacetime. Stephanie is Manhattanite of Nuyorico, with a heart that sails the Aegean sea.