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Short Bio

The Cat Distribution System knows where Annika Barranti Klein lives—in a tiny apartment in Los Angeles with her family and more books than she can possibly read in one lifetime. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in Asimov's, CRAFT, Fireside, Fusion Fragment, The Future Fire, Kaleidotrope, Weird Horror, Worlds of Possibility, and more; her novels are represented by Kate McKean at Howard Morhaim Literary Agency. She was the guest editor for Interstellar Flight Magazine's 2024 flash fiction series.

Longer Bio/About Me

Well, hello. Nice to see you. My name is Annika Barranti Klein and my pronouns are she/her. Annika rhymes with Monica.

I wrote my first novel, The Old Well In The Creek, at age five, and made my first movie, Untitled Annalee and Margarita Story, the following year. I suspect I peaked early.

I have been writing professionally on the internet SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL (2001 or 2005, depending on how you count it) at various sites (many of which no longer exist) including BuffyGuide, Creature Corner, Noneuclidean Cafe, Blogging LA, The Establishment, Paste TV, The Toast, and Book Riot. These days I’m focusing on fiction.

I live with my family in Los Angeles, where I have had terrible (and not terrible) jobs as a nanny, an assistant pastry chef at a catering company, a knitwear designer and knitting teacher, a reader for a film production company, a dog sitter, and a women's banked track roller derby referee. I am currently a full time mom and part time copy editor.

I am bisexual, fat, and very tired.