Yume Kitasei

Yume Kitasei (www.yumekitasei.com) is an author of speculative fiction. She is Japanese and American and grew up in a space between two cultures -- the same space where her stories reside. She graduated from Stuyvesant High School and Princeton University and lives in Brooklyn with two cats, Boondoggle and Filibuster. Her books include: The Deep Sky and The Stardust Grail (Flatiron Books/Harper Voyager UK) and two forthcoming: Saltcrop in September 2025 and Envoy in Fall 2026.

Photograph by Sylvie Rosokoff (https://sylviethecamera.com/)