Lauren T. Davila is a disabled, Pushcart-nominated Latina author, anthologist, and editor. Her debut short story collection THE PATRON SAINT OF WHITE MENAGERIES is forthcoming from Creature Publishing in 2026. She has also edited six short anthologies, including TO ROOT SOMEWHERE BEAUTIFUL: AN ANTHOLOGY OF RECLAMATION (Outland Entertainment; March 2024). Her poetry and short fiction has appeared in places such as Granada Magazine, The Paragon Journal, Voyage YA, In Parentheses, and Poets Reading the News. Lauren has an MA in English from Claremont Graduate University and an MFA in Fiction Writing from George Mason University. She is the Acquisitions Editor at Inked In Gray Press and the Assistant Director at PocketMFA. She lives in the greater Los Angeles area.