Everfair

<h4>Lynette James is a scholar, author, and educator focusing on the intersections of representation, critical theory, and genre-writing pedagogy. She is a graduate of the USM Stonecoast MFA Creative Writing program. Her work has appeared in <em>Dissections: The Horror e-zine</em> and <em>Extrapolation</em>.</h4>

Lynette James

<h4>Ida Yoshinaga is a PhD student researching fantastic-genre teleplay writing, alternative transmedia, and indigenous narrative in the Creative Writing Program of the University of Hawai’i Department of English. Her work has been published in <em>Marvels &amp; Tales</em>, <em>Amerasia Journal</em>, and the <em>Routledge Companion to Fairy-Tale Cultures and Media</em>.</h4>

Ida Yoshinaga

Labors of Hope and Liberation: Nisi Shawl’s Steamfunk Novel “Everfair”

"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — Frank Herbert

Ida Yoshinaga is a PhD student researching fantastic-genre teleplay writing, alternative transmedia, and indigenous narrative in the Creative Writing Program of the University of Hawai’i Department of English. Her work has been published in <em>Marvels &amp; Tales</em>, <em>Amerasia Journal</em>, and the <em>Routledge Companion to Fairy-Tale Cultures and Media</em>.