**Kendra Leigh Speedling** is an SFF writer and freelance game designer for the Pathfinder and Starfinder RPG systems. When not writing things, she can generally be found reading, playing a variety of tabletop and video games, or getting overenthusiastic about neat things in history. Originally from Minnesota, she completed a master’s in library science in London and now lives in Boston with her partner and a large gray cat with thumbs.