who i am

carina stopenski (they/them) is an author of horror fiction, dark poetry, and academic research on abjection, the monstrous feminine, and low media. they received their bachelor of fine arts in creative writing from chatham university, their master of science in library science from clarion university of pennsylvania, and their master of arts in literary and cultural studies from carnegie mellon university.​

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carina currently works as a teen services librarian for the carnegie library of pittsburgh and as a freelance humanities educator for teens and tweens. they are an academic member of the horror writers association, where they serve on the library advisory council and are actively involved with the pittsburgh chapter of the organization. they also serve as the resident comic librarian for incubator productions.

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when not writing, carina co-hosts a queer tabletop gaming collective and enjoys meditating, cooking, and binge watching bad reality tv. they currently reside on the north side of pittsburgh.