Kelsea Yu

Kelsea Yu is the Taiwanese Chinese American author of the 2022 Shirley Jackson Award–nominated novella, Bound Feet; the 2025 Children’s Book Council Award–winning novel, It’s Only a Game; and the novella, Demon Song. Dozens of her short stories and essays are published in magazines and podcasts such as Clarkesworld, Apex, Nightmare, PseudoPod, and Fantasy, and in award-winning horror anthologies such as Aseptic and Faintly Sadistic, Classic Monsters Unleashed, and Death in the Mouth. Kelsea lives with her husband, children, and a pile of art supplies in the Pacific Northwest. Find her on Instagram as @ANovelEscape or visit her website KelseaYu.com.