​​​​​​​J. C. Snow (she/her) is a queer fantasy author as well as an academic historian of religion and history. Her fantasy worlds are filled with beings mortal and immortal in settings inspired by world history. She holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Columbia University and has written extensively on religion and race in American history, including a book on religion and early Asian immigration to the United States. She lives with her amazing partner and child in the Bay Area. When not writing she is mostly wishing she could be writing, or wandering around unsupervised at night listening to spotify character playlists.