Waverly SM is a speculative fiction writer from the UK, currently living in San Francisco, California. They write about apocalypses, impossible questions, ambivalent universes, fraught queer romances, and the ambient trauma of living in the world. They're a 2019 Lambda Literary Fellow by way of the Writers' Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, where they were mentored by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Their preferred non-literary pursuits include contemplating the ocean, gazing enigmatically into the middle distance, and single-player gaming.