A.S. Lewis was born in Mississippi and currently resides in North Carolina where she is an Assistant Professor of English at Winston-Salem State University. Her academic specialties are Creative Writing and Speculative Worlds: Race, Narrative, and Media. Lewis has won several local awards and distinctions for her original poetry, plays, and fanfictions, and she often reviews books for Strange Horizons. Her short stories and artwork have been published by literary magazines such as Literary Mama, USM Product Magazine, and MSU Roadrunner Review.