Steph Auteri
(she/her) Mentor
Steph Auteri (she/her) is a journalist who has written for the Atlantic, Pacific Standard, VICE, Rewire News Group, and elsewhere. Her more literary work has appeared in Poets & Writers, Creative Nonfiction, Southwest Review, under the gum tree, and other publications. She has recently begun delving into speculative fiction. Steph is the author of A Dirty Word and the founder of Guerrilla Sex Ed. When not writing, she likes to do yoga, sing, and and engage in various types of needlework. You can learn more at stephauteri.com.
Favorite Authors & Artists
T. Kingfisher (pen name for Ursula Vernon)
Jesse Q. Sutanto
Barbara Kingsolver
Artist‘s Statement
I’ve been a journalist for over 20 years, with a focus on sexuality and, more specifically, sex education. But this past year, I’ve delved more deeply into personal writing that explores questions of aging and caregiving, and into short speculative fiction. The thread that connects all of my work, however, is a desire to shatter the silence around often taboo topics, making folks feel less alone in their experiences.