Hybrid Heart

Iori Kusano is a queer Asian American writer and extremely ordinary office gremlin living in Tokyo. They are a graduate of Clarion West 2017 and their fiction has previously appeared in Apex Magazine, Baffling magazine, and Uncanny magazine.

Raised between the United States and Japan, actress Sarah Skaer can speak fluent conversational Japanese and possesses an authentic understanding of Asian culture. She is especially drawn toward voicing feel-good stories that inspire women, young people, and the Asian community to feel seen, loved, and empowered.