Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Fiction about Love, Connection, and Empowerment
About this ebook
From high-school matchmaking mishaps to battling book banning with dragons, this anthology is rich in imagination and diverse in its perspectives, showcasing aro characters that go on adventures, form friendships, and rise against the status quo.
Contributors include a mixture of established and emerging YA writers, such as Lammy Award-finalist Madeline Dyer, Lammy Award-nominated Rosiee Thor, USA Today bestselling Kemi Ashing-Giwa, and NYT bestselling authors Kalyn Josephson and Laura Pohl.
About the author
Madeline Dyer is a novelist, anthologist, poet, and literary academic drawn to dark and monstrous stories. Her debut anthology Being Ace (Page Street YA, 2023) received a starred review from School Library Journal and was named a 2024 Lammy Award Finalist at the Lambda Literary Awards, commemorating “outstanding LGBTQ+ literature from 2023.” Her debut novel Untamed (Prizm Books, 2015) also won the 2015 SIBA award for Best Dystopian Novel.
Rosiee Thor writes stories for all ages, including young adult novels Tarnished Are the Stars and Fire Becomes Her, the picture book The Meaning of Pride, and tie-in novels for franchises like Life is Strange and Firefly. Their short fiction appears in anthologies like the Lambda Award-nominated Being Ace, and they are the editor of Why On Earth: An Alien Invasion Anthology and This is How We Roll: A Queer Anthology. Rosiee lives in Oregon with a dog, two cats, and an abundance of plants.
