Lit Crawl LA

CB Lee is a Lambda Literary Award nominated writer of young adult science fiction and fantasy. Her works include the Sidekick Squad series (Duet Books), Ben 10 (Boom!), and All Out Now (HarperTeen). CB loves to write about queer teens, magic, superheroes, and the power of friendship.Lee’s... Read More →

Joseph Jess Rey is a queer Chicano writer born and raised in Los Angeles. He recently received his B.A. in Literature from UCLA, and is looking forward to finally being able to read and write again. He writes fiction and poetry. Rey is currently working on both a queer PoC focused... Read More →

Molly Thornton is a multi-genre writer and writing coach. Her poetry, essays, and fiction appear in publications including The Lavender Review, The Seattle Globalist, and They Said anthology from Black Lawrence Press. She is a Lambda Literary Emerging Writers Fellow. She wants to... Read More →

Karina Vahitova is a post-Soviet queer poet and movement artist from Kiev, Ukraine. She has previously worked with Opportunity Project (helping to develop healing art therapy programs for individuals with brain damage), Studio Formichetti, and Bullett Magazine. She led and managed... Read More →

Karen Yin was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, a peace-loving, riot-inciting middle child with one eyebrow permanently arched. Her writing is plain awful on alternating days but has somehow won fellowships from Lambda Literary Foundation and the Hemera Foundation... Read More →