E.D.E. Bell

@edebell.com

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Fantasy author. Editor @AtthisArts.com. Vegan. Mama. Queer. Michigander. Mentally disabled. Blue Ajah. Hasty Ent. Quests in heals. Shkode-kwe. Aήττητη. she/her or e/em. Emily or E. 🧄. Speak plainly and stand together.

Snow capped mountain in distance
Shows 6 thumbs up and 3 thumbs down on cover
Emily and Kella smiling with Chinese Garden and glimpses of Vancouver in the background.
Emily with Strange Horizons headband and city skyline in background
Distilled Oat Martini with artistic lemon rind.
Hummingbird in a stained glass window
Big sloppy white shit dripped and smeared on the side of a black car
Snowcapped mountains from above in sunlight in between thick fluffy clouds.
Street sign shows figure of human directly atop bicycle.
Emily in front of a Pride sign in queer area in Toronto.
Very swirly cactus plant.
Toronto Stadium with World Cup wrapping seen from road.
Book cover shows color illustration of stylized flames over the left side of a white fabric background, with a cartoonish happy smiling yellow sun in the upper right corner. Title is written near the center of the image as “Words” in handwriting, “Describing” in cursive, and “Fire” in block capitals colored blue. E.D.E. Bell is handwritten over a line of dots near the bottom. Quoted next to cover is "Intimate and fiery, in turns empowering, funny, heartbreaking, and relatable." - artist Ulla Thynell, author of Faraway Dreaming
Intact blue egg in a neatly constructed nest.
room full of people, blurry head in back labeled with arrow and "ur guy"
Emily doing dragon flow outside of the Crown Plaza hotel.
Cool person holding Just Bart and Just Chad next to Emily
Emily looking concerned.
Jubilee Cho’s Nebula Finalist Certificate
Sexy Garlic and Lord’s Dome on table with The Fifth Season
Emily vogueing in the car
Two small-ish cardboard boxes, one labeled Jubilee with a loving little heart and crown, and one labeled Emily with a happy little heart and smiley face.
Screen cap: Mom are you playing music
Xave yawning like a jerk on my suitcase.
Felt sign says Hey, Quick Question - Are you f*cking kidding me?
Emily standing in a doorway.
Emily sitting in front of a mural.
Emily’s hair from the top with a pink purple and blue streak
Emily with pink, purple, and blue stripe in hair.
E.D.E. Bell at the Nebula Conference, Thursday, 10:00 am, Contracts Line by Line, SFWA contracts expert Michael “Capo” Capobianco and writer and publisher E.D.E. Bell walk you through what a good contract should look like, pitfalls to be wary of, and when you should push back before signing away the rights to your story. 1:00 pm, Speculative Poetry: Building the Poem’s World, with E.D.E. Bell, Nico Martinez Nocito, and Angela Liu. How to create compelling spec fic worlds through the lens of poetry. 7:00 pm, Volunteer Reception, Friday, 2:00 pm, Bookshop Opens — Buy our books! 8:00 pm, A Night Among The Stars: Nebula Finalist & VIP Autographing, Saturday, 11:30 am, Affinity Groups Summit, 5:00 pm, Bookshop Opens — Buy our books!, Nebula Awards Events and Ceremony, Sunday, 1:00 pm, Affinity Group: (Verifying), Affinity Group: LGBTQ+, Call me: Emily, she/her or e/em, Hugs: Ask!, times in CDT
Multi color sequins over velvety fabric.
Photograph of wild yellow rose
Fighting Fascism: Through critical evaluation (1/4) Supremacy: Fascism, Policing, Shoot First, Permission, Authority, Ranking, Racism, Misogyny, Silence, Following, Decontextualization Equality: Freedom, Community, Check In First, Consent, Respect, Connecting, Intentional Visibility, Gender Inclusivity, Storytelling, Evaluating, Contextualization Whiteness insists these things are inherently good or bad; they are not: Bias, Gatekeeping, Tax Status, Industry Roles, Group Consensus, Popularity "Full stop" arguments are often abuse tactics, used to bully followers into willfully ignoring context or asking questions. marked edebell.com, 20260522
A Night among the Stars, including Tananarive Due, N. K. Jemisin, Annalee Newitz, Joe Haldeman ... and many more! 8-10 pm Friday, June 5th, Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel & Conference Center.
Screen cap of Justin Rose on Facebook hashtagging Gen Con in a video post about an all-white anthology.
Hardcover of A River From the Sky by Ai Jiang on a metal chair with concrete behind.
Harcover book A Palace Near the Wind by Ai Jiang sitting on a wooden chair in front of indoor plants.
Holding the named book up, rain in background.
Forget me not grass.
White flowers in some grass.
Garlic plants in ground.
A Palace Near the Wind and A River From the Sky by Ai Jiang in hardcover in light from a west-facing window.
WSU Press screen capped my Instagram post of The Second Stop is Jupiter, poems by upfromsumdirt with text: We LOVE seeing thoughtful reviews like this! See what @edebellauthor had to say about THE SECOND STOP IS JUPITER—and discover it for yourself. Order your copy today! "But honestly? You could read this book for the rest of your life. Every passage holds depth and wonder and nudges you to thought in wit and context and multi-entendre. I could see the human layers, the anger layers, the love layers, and I’ve read enough Black stories now I could even see a few of those layers, enough to see how many other layers I could not see. And all arranged with rich musical sensibility, a symphony for your soul."
Emily next to her mother, next to an awesome 15 year old in a Buc-ees shirt.
Photograph of softly colored lilacs on green bush.
How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley in hardcover in Emily’s backyard writing tent.
Four World of Warcraft Characters: Priest, Rogue, Demon Hunter, and Evoker
Clearance items on near-empty shelf including a boldly specific pink and gold stuffed bird with metal or gold plastic feet labeled "peacock sitter"
Emily doing dragon flow.
Strong Women Strange Worlds presents First Friday QuickReads of Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Horror by (shows photographs) Elly Bangs, A.L.Kaplan, Lauren Beukes, Anne E.G. Nydam, E.D.E. Bell, A.Y. Chao, May 1, 12 noon EDT Free On Zoom, Preregister now at StrongWomenStrangeWorlds.weebly
Emily attempting dragon poi flow.
View of backyard with rain and some scraggly plants
Photograph of smiling 70+ year old man in front of cedars.
Covers for When My Son Died, Sit with Us, and Tell Them, text: Traditional teacher Kenn Pitawanakwat, an Indigenous Man's Journey through life, grief, and the merging of faiths.
Screen cap says UPCOMING EVENTS (There are no upcoming events.)
Fighting Fascism: Through critical evaluation (1/4) Supremacy: Fascism, Policing, Permission, Authority, Ranking, Racism, Misogyny, Silence, Following, Decontextualization Equality: Freedom, Community, Consent, Respect, Connecting, Intentional Visibility, Gender Inclusivity, Storytelling, Evaluating, Contextualization Whiteness insists these things are inherently good or bad; they are not: Bias, Gatekeeping, Tax Status, Industry Roles, Group Consensus, Popularity "Full stop" arguments are often abuse tactics, used to bully followers into willfully ignoring context or asking questions. marked edebell.com, 20260418
Zoom in on thin books on shelf
Several thin poetry books on a shelf.
E.D.E. Bell's Books, Average Rating 4.17, 658 ratings, 303 reviews, 36 distinct works, Similar authors
Dr. Zukiswa Wanner, receiving a PhD on stage, beaming with joy.