Y.M. Pang, or Michelle, is a fantasy and science fiction writer based in Ontario, Canada. She spent her childhood pacing around her grandfather’s bedroom, telling him stories of magic, swords, and bears. Her fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Strange Horizons, among other venues. Her poetry has appeared in Arsenika and Polar Borealis. She has been a finalist for the Aurora Award and the WSFA Small Press Award. Her first short story collection, All the Broken Blades, is forthcoming spring 2025. She dabbles in photography, moonlights as a submissions editor with tdotSpec, and often contemplates the merits of hermitism. Despite this, you can find her on Twitter / X as @YMPangWriter and on Instagram as y.m.pang.