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Kelby Cottenie (they/them) is a queer, nonbinary editor living on Treaty 4 territory, the past, present, and future territory of the nêhiyawak, Anihšināpēk, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakoda, and the homeland of the Métis. Working with students as a writing tutor as they obtained their Bachelor's degrees in English and Psychology and Master's in English ignited in Kelby a passion for collaborating with writers and helping ensure a text achieves its goals. Following obtaining their Master's, Kelby has been thoroughly enjoying working as a freelance editor and getting to immerse themselves in books, style guides, and dictionaries as their cat trots across their desk.

Though Kelby is eager to take on any project, they're especially passionate about working on fantasy, poetry, children's books, psychology nonfiction, and academic works. As a cartoonist, they have published comics in various zines and run a comics workshop for queer youth with planned parenthood, and they have published poetry in haiku-focused journals. Kelby also enjoys birdwatching, going for walks, reading queer graphic novels from the library, and spending time with their cat, friends, and partner.