Stephanie Krzywonos (she/her) is a Xicana writer who was born in California's Central Valley and grew up near the shores of Lake Michigan. She is the recipient of the Mae Fellowship, which supports women and non-binary debut authors; a grant from Vermont Studio Center; the Katharine Bakeless Nason Scholarship from Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference; and a scholarship and residency from Hedgebrook. In 2024, Elementals: Volume 4, Fire, a book of essays and poems she coedited, was published by Humans & Nature Press. Stephanie's essays have appeared in publications like Emergence Magazine, Sierra magazine, Dark Mountain, and more.