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Join The PopFic Collective for a panel with authors TJ Alexander, Anna Burke, Felicia Davin, moderator Fin Leary, and Karmen Lee. These creative leaders are known for writing dimensional, nuanced queer characters that give readers the representation we need in fiction. Each panelist has followed their own writing and publishing path, with journeys that range from independent publishing to small press to traditional.

In this panel, they’ll discuss how they’ve built communities, published work, and connected with their audiences. They’ll also share practical steps that helped them reach their goals, and discuss the importance of the people and organizations who supported them along the way.

As usual, this event is free and open to the public. Scroll to the RSVP button at the bottom of this section to sign up.

Panelists:

TJ Alexander is a Lambda Literary Award finalist and USA Today bestselling author who writes about queer love. Originally from Florida, they received their MA in writing and publishing from Emerson College in Boston. They live in New York City with their wife, cats, and various houseplants.

You can find them on Instagram @tjalexandernyc and online at https://tjalexander.com/.

Anna Burke lives in Massachusetts with her wife, dogs, and too many houseplants. She is the award-winning author of Compass Rose, Thorn, Nottingham, In the Roses of Pieria, and the Seal Cove Romance series. She received her MFA from Emerson College, where she now teaches in their Popular Fiction MFA program. You can follow her on most social media platforms @annaburkeauthor. You can find her website at https://www.annahburke.com/. 

Felicia Davin (she/they) got a PhD in French literature and then quit academia to write romance novels. She loves linguistics, singing, and baking. She is bisexual, but not ambidextrous.

Originally from Kentucky, she currently lives in Massachusetts with her family. You can find Felicia’s author website at https://www.feliciadavin.com/.

Fin Leary (he/they) is a program manager at We Need Diverse Books, a reviewer at Booklist, and a faculty member at Emerson College, where he teaches in the Writing, Literature, and Publishing department. Fin's young adult fiction has been supported by fellowships at Tin House and Lambda Literary. He was a 2024 Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree. Fin is the editor of the science fiction anthology Future States of Stars (OwlCrate Press, 2025). His short fiction is forthcoming in the young adult horror anthology These Bodies Ain’t Broken edited by Madeline Dyer (Page Street Publishing, 2025). Fin lives with his orange literary cat and a rainbow bookshelf outside of Boston, Massachusetts.

You can find Fin’s author website at https://finleary.com/.

Karmen Lee is a lifelong Southerner living it up in Atlanta, Georgia, with her kid, her cats and humidity. When not packing lunches or working her nine-to-five, she can be found drinking coffee too late at night, watching House Hunters International and dreaming up ways to show her readers a good time. Find her on Instagram (@authorkarmenlee), and find her website at https://karmenlee.com/.