Beatrice Winifred Iker

About the Author

Beatrice Winifred Iker is a Southern Appalachian poet, author, and tarot reader. They are a Rhysling Award Finalist whose work can be found in Fantasy Magazine, FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, Nightmare Magazine, and others. Beatrice is a co-host of the Ignyte Award-winning Afronauts Podcast, which discusses and uplifts Black speculative fiction, and is a Voodoonauts Fellowship alum. Their debut adult Southern Gothic horror novel, I’ll Make A Spectacle of You, is to be published in November 2025, and their debut picture book, Charley’s Honky-Tonk Mission, is to be published in summer 2026.