Laura Cranehill lives in Portland, Oregon with her partner and two sons. She wrote "We Let You Live" in the beginning of 2020 as a sci-fi poem, but after being tear-gassed repeatedly in the streets with her fellow brethren, she's not so sure how speculative it is anymore. She's published under different aliases in multiple venues, including Abyss & Apex, Eye to the Telescope, and Eclectica Magazine.