The White Guy Dies First

Adiba Jaigirdar is a Bangladeshi-Irish writer born in Dhaka who moved between Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh as a child before her family immigrated to Tullamore, Ireland, when she was ten; she has lived in the Dublin area since. She holds a BA in English and history from University College Dublin and an MA in postcolonial studies from the University of Kent, and is queer and Muslim. Her debut, The Henna Wars, follows a Bangladeshi teenager coming out as a lesbian in Dublin and was named to Time's...

Alexis Henderson is a speculative fiction writer raised in Savannah, Georgia, whose upbringing in one of America's most haunted cities shaped her taste for dark fantasy and cosmic horror. Her debut novel, The Year of the Witching, was a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist, and she has since written House of Hunger and An Academy for Liars.

Chloe Gong is a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist born in Shanghai in 1998 and raised in New Zealand from early childhood. A University of Pennsylvania graduate in English and international relations, she is best known for the These Violent Delights duology, a Romeo-and-Juliet-inspired reimagining set in 1920s Shanghai, and its sequel series. She was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 in 2024.

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé is a British novelist from Croydon in South London who studied English, Chinese, and anthropology at the University of Aberdeen and holds an MA in Shakespeare Studies from King's College London. Her debut, the young-adult thriller Ace of Spades (2021), reached the New York Times bestseller list and won the 2022 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. She followed it with Where Sleeping Girls Lie and, with co-author Adiba Jaigirdar, the romantic comedy Four Eids and...

Terry J. Benton-Walker writes horror and fantasy fiction. Their bibliography includes The White Guy Dies First, Blood Debts, Blood Justice, and Alex Wise vs. the Cosmic Shift.