Shilo Christina / fauxRIOT  (she/they) is a queer writer & poet from Vancouver Island, Canada. She’s been writing steadily since she was a teen. A self-proclaimed genre crasher, Shilo’s writing has explored the reaches of poetry, science fiction, historical fantasy, and horror, but her truest passion will always lie in the blunt, gut-punch world of transgressive fiction — where she feels safe and comfortable enough to lay bare her own queer identity and mental health (living with Borderline Personality Disorder and ADHD) through the experiences of characters and environments that feel as alive as they are raw and broken. Her other passions include embroidery, tarot, make up and cosplay, video games, and digital art. In the Summer of 2020, she began streaming crafts, video games, and even her creative writing sessions on Twitch as fauxRIOT.