Made in L.A. Anthology Series

Sara Chisolm is a speculative fiction writer based in the Los Angeles area. Her urban fantasy short stories “Serenade of the Gangsta,” “The Fortune of the Three and the Kabuki Mask,” and “We Found Love as the Undead,” were featured in the second and third volumes of the Made in L.A. fiction anthology series.

Gabi Lorino is a writer, editor, and organizer of people, tasks, and information, currently based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Her articles and short stories have been published in newspapers, websites, newsletters, magazines, and books. She has self-published one novel, A Magical Time Called Later, in addition to a journal series. She is a founding member of Made in L.A. Writers and serves as a co-editor for the Made in L.A. fiction anthology series.

Allison Rose is a novelist, screenwriter, and visual artist born and raised in Los Angeles. While Rose’s stories vary in genre, the city often acts as a diverse backdrop for complex stories about female and LGBTQ+ characters and the deconstruction of tropes about women. Rose has worked in the entertainment industry in varying roles, including television production and music engineering. She is a founding member of Made in L.A. Writers and has used her twenty years of graphic design experience to create her own book covers, including every volume of Made in L.A. Recently, Rose has turned the lens onto herself in an upcoming memoir, which promises to be as darkly compelling and controversial as the figments of her imagination.

Cody Sisco is an author, editor, publisher, and literary culture producer. His LGBTQ psychological science fiction quartet, Resonant Earth, includes four novels: Broken Mirror, Tortured Echoes, Altered Bodies, and Toxic Medicine. The books are cautionary utopias that explore how technology impacts our economy, culture, and minds, written by a science fiction nerd with a futurist’s impatience with stale political systems. He is a freelance editor and book coach specializing in dark genre fiction and books by LGBTQ authors. In 2017, he co-founded Made in L.A. Writers, an indie author cooperative dedicated to supporting independent authors. His startup, BookSwell, is a literary events and media production company connecting readers and writers in Southern California and beyond. He serves as a co-chair of the Board of Directors for the Editorial Freelancers Association.