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E(ugene).C. Myers (he/him) is a New York Times bestselling author of books for children and teens. He won the Andre Norton Nebula Award for his first novel, Fair Coin, and has written for popular franchises, including RWBY, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Little Nightmares, and Choose Your Own Adventure. His forthcoming novels are Gamers 2: Leveling Up and The Stream Team 2: Play 2 Win.

His recent short works include stories in The Sunday Morning Transport, Tasting Light: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Rewire Your Perceptions, and Overwatch 2: Heroes Ascendant, as well as an episode of The Sounds of Nightmares, the first audio fiction series from the world of the Little Nightmares video games.

Eugene was assembled in the United States from Korean and German parts, and raised by a single mother and a public library in Yonkers, New York. His science fiction and fantasy short stories have been published in magazines and anthologies such as A Thousand Beginnings and Endings, Mother of Invention, Behind the Song, Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories, and others. He has also written for Realm’s serialized fiction podcasts ReMade, Alternis, and Orphan Black: The Next Chapter.

Eugene is a graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop and a member of the NYC writing group Altered Fluid. In his intermittent free time, he live streams retro video games on YouTube and occasionally blogs about Star Trek.