Alison Cybe (they/them) is a transgender Scots Irish adventure designer, fiction writer, and sensitivity reader based in the UK. They live with a disability that affects mobility. Alison specializes in narrative-focused adventures, cinematic design, and sensitivity reading, with a BA (Hons) in media and film, majoring in sociology and literature. They are known for creating the TTRPG Shield Maidens and the ENnie-winning RPG "Moonlight on Roseville Beach." Alison has also contributed significantly to Star Trek Adventures and authored adventures for Pathfinder and Starfinder Society. Their work includes the DMs Guild adventure "Gender Criminals," focusing on transgender activism. Outside of writing, Alison has proofed and edited six own-voice LGBTQ+ young adult novels. Their interests span giant mechs and their socio-political impacts, soc-just activism, dream-zones, reality-bending, cosmic horror, Star Trek ideology, the fae folk, and transhumanism.

Areas of authenticity Alison can read for:

• Moderate-to-severe mobility loss
• Queer identities and relationships
• Trans and gender diverse identities
• Scots Irish cultural background

Genres Alison reads:

• All genres, both fiction and non-fiction

Craig Gibb (he/him) is a cisgender gay author, editor, and publisher in Winnipeg, Canada. He lives with a moderate-to-severe hearing loss in both ears. He writes gay erotic romance under the name Cameron D. James, gay young adult romance under the name Dylan James, and is the co-owner, publisher, and lead editor at a five-imprint publishing house that includes Deep Desires Press (romance), Deep Hearts YA (queer young adult), Dreamsphere Books (SFF, horror, thriller, etc.), Prairie Heart Press (local interest non-fiction), and Dreamscape Activity (coloring books). Outside of books he’s a food preserver, epic gardener, and podcast co-host.

Areas of authenticity Craig can read for:

• Hearing loss from birth
• Gay identities and relationships

Genres Craig reads:

• All genres, both fiction and non-fiction

Harry F. Rey is a Scottish author and screenwriter of over a dozen gay fiction novels. He is a graduate of Penguin WriteNow 2020, a member of the TV Foundation's New Writers Collective 2024, and has been Pushcart-nominated for his short stories. He holds a masters degree in history and international relations with a strong interest in Classics and ancient history and literature. Harry’s work explores LGBTQ experiences across diverse genres, from sweeping WWII historicals to epic space operas and queer millennial rom-coms. His debut young adult gay romance from Deep Hearts YA recently topped the Amazon teen charts. When not writing or scouring second-hand bookshops to blog about lost classics of gay literature, he’s cooking and listening to Taylor Swift.

Areas of authenticity Harry can read for:

• Gay identities and relationships
• Sexual health and HIV/AIDS
• Historical fiction (particularly pre-20th Century)
• Jewish characters
• Scottish/British characters and Scotland/UK-based settings

Genres Harry reads:

• All genres, both fiction and non-fiction

TreVaughn Malik Roach-Carter is a Queer Black writer from California currently living in New York. He is a fiction Editor for The Ana Literary Magazine and the Digital Editorial Assistant at Publishers Weekly. He hold an MFA in creative writing from San Francisco State University. His work has been featured in Ramblr Magazine, Tayo Magazine’s special issue: SOFT, Transfer Magazine, BAD EGG Magazine, Borderless Magazine, Stellium Magazine, and Querencia Press. He is a recipient of the Leo Litwalk Literature Award, a Browning Society Award, and a finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the African American Literature category. He is the author of the Young Adult novel The Aziza Chronicles: Awakening, published by Deep Hearts YA in 2022, and the nonfiction short story collection Her Daughters, published by Fourteen Hills Press in 2023.

Areas of authenticity TreVaughn can read for:

• Gay/Queer Identities and Relationships
• BIPOC Experience
• Poly relationships

Genres TreVaughn reads

• Fiction
• Young Adult
• Fantasy
• Sci-Fi