Rebekah Crownover (pen name Bekah Bahn) holds an M.A. in English from the University of South Dakota, where she completed A CITY OF BEASTS AND MONSTERS as her master’s thesis in 2025. She began her publishing career with short fiction featured in F(r)iction Magazine and Little Things Literary Magazine. As a lifelong lover of magic and whimsy on the page, she brings that passion for storytelling to both her writing and her teaching as an adjunct instructor of English at the University of Sioux Falls. She lives in Tea, South Dakota, with her husband and two cats, Blueberry and Goose.