Raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Stone Mims is a writer who believes that the Black experience is often best explored through speculative writing. He graduated Magna Cum Laud from Bard College at Simon’s Rock with concentrations in English Literature and Creative Writing and went on to attain his MFA in Creative Writing at The New School with concentrations in Fiction and Writing for Children and Young Adults. He has worked as a literary journalist at Rolling Out Magazine and has taught creative writing to middle school students at The Center for Fiction and The George Jackson Academy.