LL Montez is a writer, reader, hereditary bruja, stargazer, and mediator living in the bones of Chicago's historic printing district. She writes science fiction and has work published in anthologies through Dark Ink Press, Port & Key Publishing, and Hypothesis Productions. She is represented by Stephanie Hansen of Metamorphosis Literary Agency.

 

ARC10, her first manuscript, won the 2017 Watty award under the Storysmith category for "mastery of plot and character development" from among 280,000 entries and was accepted into Pitch Wars 2018.

 

With co-host Shelly X Leonn, she discusses the trials and joys of the publishing journey on her podcast, The Writers XL. 

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LL Montez dreams of becoming a pilot and shares her life (and love of aliens) with her husband and daughter.

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