Sim Kern

Sim Kern is the USA Today bestselling author of The Free People's Village , an Indie Next pick. Their debut horror novella, Depart, Depart! , was selected for the Honor List for the 2020 Otherwise Award, and their short story collection, Real Sugar is Hard to Find , was hailed in a starred review by Publishers Weekly as, "a searing, urgent, but still achingly tender work that will wow any reader of speculative fiction." As a journalist, they report on petrochemical polluters and drag space...See more

Sim Kern is the USA Today bestselling author of The Free People's Village , an Indie Next pick. Their debut horror novella, Depart, Depart! , was selected for the Honor List for the 2020 Otherwise Award, and their short story collection, Real Sugar is Hard to Find , was hailed in a starred review by Publishers Weekly as, "a searing, urgent, but still achingly tender work that will wow any reader of speculative fiction." As a journalist, they report on petrochemical polluters and drag space billionaires. Sim spent ten years teaching English to middle and high schoolers in Houston, Texas, before shifting to writing full-time. Find them all over the internet, but especially on tiktok at @simkern. See less