Marika Bailey is an Afro-Caribbean author, designer, and illustrator.

Her fiction has previously appeared in FIYAH Magazine, Fantasy Magazine, Apparitions Lit, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Strange Horizons. She graduated from Yale University, originally studying Molecular Biology as a pre-med before switching at the very last moment to Fine Arts. Her mother has yet to forgive her or stop bringing it up, but hope springs eternal. Marika also has an MPS in Branding & Integrated Communications from City College, and works as an art director in non-profit communications.

Want to get in touch about her writing or illustrations? Send an email to: marikawrites589@gmail.com