Laura O’Gorman Schwartz is a queer writer of fiction and non-fiction who grew up in Ireland, Japan, Singapore and (anticlimactically) New Jersey. She fled to Bard College in upper New York to major in Japanese and now resides in Singapore with her non-binary spouse and their boyfriend, as well as two cats and too many cactuses. Her short stories have appeared in several publications, including 'Whisk(e)y Tit Journal', 'The Birmingham Arts Journal', 'Ruminate Magazine' and Ohio State’s 'The Journal.'  She has also been Editor-in-Chief of the 'Living in Singapore Reference Guide' for the past two editions and a contributing writer since 2014. Her obsessions include: teashops, pole dancing, postcards, mornings, Nihonga, mountain hikes, bookstores, cocktail bars, BTS, the moon and words words words.