Profile

Gabriel Belthir is a freelance author who lives with a spouse, a cat, and a dog
in Ohio. After forays into poetry and game design, zie has decided to begin exploring
the worlds of fantasy, science fiction, and alternate history. Between an active
academic life and running zir own photography business, Gabriel enjoys all kinds of
creative pursuits, including graphic design and painting.

Gabriel began writing short stories as fan fiction in 1997, and quickly moved
into working on zir own scripts, manuscripts, and poetry. Zie staged A Mop in the
Elevator, zir first original production, at the University of Memphis in 2000 as a
Theater major.

Zir production and photography company, Whizzelfisch Productions, has
worked on four local independent films and has several published photo shoots.

In zir free time, Gabriel enjoys historical reenactment, camping, hiking, roleplaying
games, and sewing. Zie is a proud fairy godparent of two girls and two boys.

Gabriel's current writing interests are varied. Zie intends to continue
exploring the steampunk genre and various science-fiction and post-apocalyptic
settings, as well as devoting time to engineering more genderqueer fiction. Zie is also
delving into the historical eras of feudal Japan, medieval England, and Renaissance
Italy for zir nefarious purposes.