Lisa McMann FeaturedDaVaun Sanders is an author and editor residing in Phoenix, Arizona.

He currently serves as publisher and executive editor for the award-winning FIYAH Literary Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction. His debut middle grade fantasy, “Keynan Masters & The Peerless Magic Crew” released this fall. His short fiction has appeared in the New York Times bestselling anthology Black Boy Joy and elsewhere. He continues to expand his work in children’s SFF for kids everywhere who deserve to enjoy inclusive stories. When deadlines are scarce he enjoys exploring the world with his wife and twins, cheering himself hoarse for the 49ers, and any DIY project that requires outrageous new power tools.

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