Kay Costales is a Toronto-based, queer Filipina author and poet represented by Lesley Sabga of the Seymour Agency. As a child of immigrants, it is important to her to always provide queer Filipino diaspora representation in her stories. She graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Criminology but doesn’t use her degree for anything. You can usually find her constantly daydreaming about dark but magical things, with a little bit of whimsy and romance. Also publishes under Kess Costales.