Giselle Vriesen (she/they) lives on Halalt First Nations land on Vancouver Island, Canada, and is the author of her debut novel Why We Play With Fire through Row House, an inclusive publisher committed to “raising the volume on voices that matter.” She is the co-creator of the Anti-Racism Course for Educators, and teaches writing through her course Book Baby, which encourages marginalized writers to decolonize through storytelling. Giselle is also a dreamer, a crafter of tiny worlds both in art and the written word, and is constantly managing her anxiety.