Ariel Gore is the LAMBDA Award Winning editor and author of a dozen books of fiction and non-fiction including We Were Witches, The End of Eve, F*ck Happiness, Hexing the Patriarchy, Portland Queer, Santa Fe Noir, How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead, and the forthcoming writer’s liberation guide The Wayward Writer. Her work has been nominated for the Oregon Book Award and won a New Mexico-Arizona Book Award, a Rainbow Award, and an American Alternative Press Award. She’s the founding editor of Hip Mama.