Jasper "Jaz" Joyner

Jasper “Jaz” Joyner (they/them) is a Memphis-based author, poet, humorist, and editor. Their work has been featured in The Offing, Oldster Mag, Huffington Post, The Stop Gap, the anthology book Outside the XY, and many others. Their chapbook, A Flamboyance, with Bottlecap Press, and fantasy YA novel, Juniper Leaves, are out now. Jasper’s latest work, Pansy: A Black American Memoir, won for Best Young Adult Nonfiction at the 3rd annual Richard Wright Literary Awards. jasperjoyner.com