R. B. Lemberg

R. B. Lemberg}}}} (born Rose Lemberg,}}}} September 27, 1976) is a queer, bigender, and autistic author, poet, and editor of speculative fiction. Their work has been distributed in publications such as ''Lightspeed'', ''Strange Horizons'', ''Beneath Ceaseless Skies'', and ''Uncanny Magazine'', and stories have been featured in anthologies such as ''Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology'' and ''Transcendent 3: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction 2017'' .

Many of Lemberg's stories and poems are situated in ''Birdverse'', an LGBTQIA+-focused secondary world. Their debut ''Birdverse'' novella ''The Four Profound Weaves'' was published by Tachyon in 2020 and was a finalist for the 2021 World Fantasy, Nebula, Locus, and Ignyte awards for Best Novella and was on the Honor List for the Otherwise Award. Their first ''Birdverse'' novel, ''The Unbalancing'' was published by Tachyon in 2022, is a finalist for the Locus Award. Lemberg's work has also been a finalist for the Nebula, Crawford, and other awards. Their ''Birdverse'' short fiction collection ''Geometries of Belonging: Stories & Poems From the Birdverse'' was published by Fairwood Press in late 2022, and include a previously unpublished story, "Where Your Quince Trees Grow". Provided by Wikipedia