Jonathan Nevair is an author and educator originally from Long Island, NY. After two decades in the classroom, he finally got up the nerve to write fiction. His character-driven space operas and spy-fi thrillers have been nominated for, and won, multiple awards. To Spy a Star is the 2024 National Fantasy Fan Federation Laureate Award (Neffy) winner for Best Novel and Stellar Instinct placed 2nd in the Valorious Awards (2024). Jati's Wager was the 2022 Indie Ink Awards runner-up for the category, Writing the Future We Need: Non-Binary Representation. His short fiction is published in sci-fi journals, including Simultaneous Times and Eldritch Science. The Curse of Dragon Tail Island, his latest release, is a pirate fantasy that combines action/adventure and second-chance romance (SFWA, full member).