Stefene Russell is a journalist, editor, and poet (who sometimes does acting stuff). 

In her past life, she was St. Louis Magazine‘s culture editor as well as co-editor of 52nd City and Prinsesstårta literary magazines. In 2018, she was Laumeier Sculpture Park‘s poet in residence. She’s also a member of Poetry Scores, an arts collective dedicated to translating poetry into other media. 

Her chapbook, Inferna, was published in 2013 by Intagliata Imprints, with a cover by The Firecracker Press. The Possum Codex was published by Otis Nebula in the fall of 2015 (you can watch the book trailers here). In 2019, Spartan Press published 47 Incantatory Essays. Which are exactly what they sound like.