Angie Spoto is an American fiction writer and poet. Writers who inspire her
include Angela Carter, Leonora Carrington, and Ursula Le Guin. Her most recent
endeavours include a lyrical essay about her Italian family, a collection of
horror surrealist fairy tales, and poetry about love and terror.
After acquiring a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow,
she stuck around and is now writing a doctoral thesis that aims to uncover how
fantasy fiction exposes social injustice while writing her own fantasy/surreal
stories alongside her research. Her poetry and short stories have appeared
in numerous online and print anthologies, including Crooked Holster, SWAMP
Magazine, and Toad Suck Review. She has lived in Austria, the Netherlands,
and now lives in the UK.