Cat Fitzpatrick (she/her) is the director of Women’s & Gender studies at Rutgers University – Newark, and the Editrix at LittlePuss Press (www.littlepuss.net). She wrote the book of poems Glamourpuss and the novel in rhyme The Call-Out (winner of the 2023 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction). She also co-edited the anthology Meanwhile Elsewhere: Science Fiction & Fantasy from Transgender Writers (winner of the 2017 ALA Stonewall Barbara Gittings award). Her next book, The Dinner Party & Other Writings, is forthcoming from 7 Stories Press in fall 2025. You can find her very chartreuse website at catfitzpatrick.net and she is @intermittentcat on most social media.