About the Author(s)

K. Makansi is the pen name for the mother-daughter writing trio of:

Kristina Blank Makansi

Born and raised in Southern Illinois, Kristina has a B.A. in Government from University of Texas at Austin and an M.A.T. from the College of New Jersey. She is founder and publisher of Blank Slate Press, an award-winning imprint, now part of Amphorae Publishing Group, and also helps self-published authors on the path to publication through Blank Slate Communications. She has published Oracles of Delphi, an historical mystery set in ancient Greece.

Amira K. Makansi

Amira is a wanderer of foot and spirit. After earning her bachelor's degree in History from the University of Chicago, she traveled across America and France to learn the trade of winemaking. While traveling, she found her passion for writing through her journal and her blog, The Z-Axis. She is never far from her notebook or journal, and nearly always has a glass of wine or beer in hand. When she's not writing, she can be found with purple hands in the wine cellar, or out walking among the grapevines or live oak forests of the Central Coast in California. Amira has big projects in the pipeline after Seeds, so stay up to date and find her online at https://artz3.wordpress.com/.

Elena K. Makansi

Elena graduated from Oberlin College where she concentrated on food justice and food system politics. She won several writing and poetry awards and scholarships and attended the Iowa Young Writers' Studio and the Washington University Summer Writers Institute as a teenager. Elena works as an editor and a cover designer for Blank Slate Communications. As a vegan, she is interested in intersectional food justice politics and animal rights—and in seeking the nirvana of the perfect avocado. Visit her website at elenamakansi.com.