Emily Perkovich (she/her) is a writer, artist, & SuicideGirl from the Chicago-land area. She is the Editor in Chief of Querencia Press, a poetry reader with Split Lip Mag, an Art Evaluator for Persephone's Daughters (on hiatus), and a longtime online SWer. Her work strives to erase the stigma surrounding trauma victims and their responses. She is a Best of the Net nominee, a SAFTA scholarship recipient, and is previously published with Horror Sleaze Trash, Harness Magazine, Rogue Agent, Coffin Bell Journal, and Awakenings among others. She is the author of the poetry collections Godshots Wanted: Apply Within (Sunday Mornings at the River), The Number 12 Looks Just Like You (Finishing Line Press), baby, sweetheart, honey (Alien Buddha Press), & Manipulate Me, Babe—I Trust You (GutSlut Press) as well as the horror novella Swallow. Em is Otomí & learning to reconnect with her kin.

Her hair color is ever-changing—

You can find her on IG @undermeyou or Twitter @emily_perkovich