Corry L. Lee (they/them) is a science fiction and fantasy author, Ph.D. physicist, award-winning science educator, data geek, and parent. They identify as nonbinary, white, and pan/bisexual. In Weave the Lightning, the first book of Corry's Russian-inspired fantasy series (Solaris, April 2020), magic storms have returned decades early, and a young female resistance fighter hides a treasonous secret from the fascist state. In Ph.D. research at Harvard, Corry shed light on the universe fractions of a second after the Big Bang. At a major tech company, they connected science to technology, improving the customer experience through online experimentation. Corry won the Writers of the Future award for their short story, "Shutdown" (Writers of the Future Volume 28). A transplant to Seattle, Washington from sunny Colorado, Corry is learning to embrace rainy days. Learn more at