M.E. Macuaga

Born and raised in Tokyo, M.E. Macuaga is a Japanese Bolivian storyteller, translator, and escape room addict whose diverse work can be read now or soon in The Cincinnati Review, Epiphany, Seventh Wave, HAD, Oyster River Pages, Superpresent, Luna Station Quarterly, and elsewhere. A finalist for the SmokeLong Quarterly Fellowship, the NYC Midnight competitions, and The Florida Review Editors’ Award in Creative Nonfiction, M.E.’s communities include Tin House, Ragdale, Hedgebrook, Jentel Arts, Vermont Studio Center, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, and Storyknife. Find her at curiousstoryprods.com, @memi_writes, and @memi-writes.bsky.social.