Jen Brown (she/her) is a black, queer speculative fiction writer & librarian. Critical pedagogies guide her librarianship & her work as a community manager for We Here, which includes stewarding wonderful projects like We Reads. Previously, she also coordinated the Hugo-nominated FIYAHCON’s Office Hours program.

An Ignyte Award nominated author and Clarion West alum (Novel Workshop ’25), her fiction centers Black, queer folks righteously wielding power. She has stories in FIYAH Literary Magazine, Fantasy Magazine, Reactor, and elsewhere. Her stories also appear in collected anthologies like We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction (2021) and Sentir la revolución.