Jessica Maison, a speculative fiction writer, comics creator, and filmmaker, grew up in Traverse City near the shores of Lake Michigan and currently lives in Los Angeles with her family and their animal familiars. The first book in her Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters graphic novel series was a Foreword INDIES finalist and IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award winner. Plastic Girl is her coming-of-age ecopunk trilogy that explores her fears and hopes for her daughters around the climate crisis. She is a screenwriter who also co-directed the time travel feature film, Own Worst Enemy. Her speculative/horror short fiction appears in Terraform and other publications, and her short comics has been published in several comics anthologies. She is the co-host of the improv storytelling/talk show podcast, Monster V. Monster, that launches soon. Her speculative short fiction and musings about monsters and folklore can be found on her Substack, Monster of the Week. In her other life, Jessica has worked and volunteered with non-profits involving homelessness, education, literacy, and climate.