Jaclyn Youhana Garver is an author, poet, and journalist from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Her debut novel, Then, Again, from Lake Union Publishing, asks the question, “Are you allowed to date when your husband’s been a coma for a year?” She specializes in Midwestern millennial novels of friendship, grief, and trying your best; and she writes poetry and short stories. Her story “The Butterfly Catcher” appeared in From Beyond Press’s The World Belongs to Us: An Anthology of Horror Stories About Bugs in 2023; and she coedited the press’ Requiem for a Siren: Women Poets of the Pulps. She has a story forthcoming in Graveside Press’ Tiny Terrors anthology and is working on her first full-length poetry manuscript and a new novel. She is also the author of The Men I Never:, a poetry chapbook that was first published in 2023 from Chicago’s dancing girl press. She has been on the board of directors for the Midwest Writers Workshop since January 2023. You can find Jaclyn on Instagram or her website.