– Sci-Fi Drama ‘The Disasters’ From ‘Supergirl’ Writer Derek Simon & Berlanti Prods. – TV’s Growth is a Boon for “Diverse Voices” Among Novelists Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) If you wanna read me rambling about writing, books, and general nerdiness, scroll down and read some of the interviews linked at the bottom of this page! You can find me on twitter and instagram intermittently. I also write interactive fiction for StoryLoom, which I hope you’ll check out. I wrote some books, including 3 stand-alone YA novels, two tie-in novels for the Marvel and Firefly universes, and a middle grade trilogy. Look, I probably do love Star Wars more than you do. Things you’ll often find in my books: sly nerdy references, mental health, pure joyful triumph, queer kids who save the world, and happy endings. I was a three-time Pitch Wars mentor and a class of 2015 mentee, a TeenPit mentor, and I’ve served as a NaNoWriMo Municipal Liaison in two regions. I’ve been a gamer (both video games and tabletop) for as long as I can remember. I’ve been reading fanfiction and generally drowning in fandom since I was twelve, when my family got our first computer. I’m nonbinary (they/them or she/her) and queer, and I live in the country on a small piece of land with three dogs, a partner, a toddler, a gigantic vegetable garden, and more tarot decks than one person should own. I’ve also been an experimental music composer, a teaching assistant, a bookstore clerk, a movie concessions worker, a customer service punching bag, a teaching assistant, and many, many other illustrious positions. I spent most of that time as a Teen Librarian, running free events for teens, specializing in YA books, and generally having a grand time. I worked in public libraries the longest, from 2011 to 2021. England hates writing about themself in the third person, so we’re gonna drop that now. Player, and Firefly: What Makes Us Mighty. MK is the author of seven novels for kids, teens, and adults, including the most recent The One True Me and You, Player vs. They probably love Star Wars more than you do. Between marathon writing sessions, MK can be found rolling critical hits at the gaming table, digging in the garden, or feeding their video game addiction.

These days, they call rural Virginia home, where there are many excellent sheep but a tragic lack of rockets.

England grew up on the Space Coast of Florida watching shuttle launches from the backyard. For press related to THE ONE TRUE ME & YOU, feel free to replace M.K. (note: MK uses they/them pronouns, but accepts she/her when circumstances necessitate it.

Player vs. Player #1 by M.K. England