Laika Wallace (he/him, it/its, sie/hir/hirs) is a young adult author who writes for the 13-20+ age range. Hir preferred genre is fantasy, with some sci fi, mystery, and horror mixed in. Through fiction, he writes about his experiences being an intersex polyamorous femme bisexual two spirit wo/man, reconnecting to his Mi'kmaw and Passamaquoddy heritage, being a Reconstructionist Jewish convert, and living with his disabilities, autism, and other neurodivergencies. It lives on unceded Algonquin territory with its five guinea pigs, Gawi, Dr Pepper Vanilla Float, Caramel Brownie Pig, Tapioca Bobo Pearls, and Princess Bumblespider the Mirthful, and its ball python, Lentug Deerlea (pronounced len-tuuk). Aside from writing, he also creates digital art, collages, mixed media pieces, music, and dabbles in sculpture and sewing. Some of hir hobbies include reading, hiking and walking in local natural areas, swimming, trying interesting and new soda flavors, Randonauting and urbex, and collecting pieces of broken pottery.
Some other interests of his include: cartoons and tv shows (Codename: Kids Next Door, Di-Gata Defenders, Samurai Jack, Over the Garden Wall, Gravity Falls, Scooby Doo, Doctor Who (9th and 10th Doctors), Millennium, The X Files, Dead Like Me, Free Rein), movies (O Brother Where Art Thou, John Carter of Mars, Princess Mononoke, Big Fish, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, pre-Disney Stars Wars), music (Leonard Cohen, Squalloscope, Black Dresses, The Pack A.D., Madness, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Florence and the Machine, Owl City, Of Monsters and Men, Brockhampton, Royal Canoe), and books (Tailchaser's Song, The Sight, Fell, Fire Bringer, Silverwing, Sunwing, My Secret Unicorn, Iron Widow, pre-Disney Star Wars). All media is consumed critically, and he doesn't really have an interest in fandom personally.
Some of hir music is here on Soundcloud.
More of hir music is at this Soundcloud address.It and its friend have a Redbubble together! Go here to purchase some of their designs on shirts, mugs, bath mats, shower curtains, clocks... The list goes on!
Find his poetry on his Tumblr blog: Laikacore.tumblr.com & its Pinterest page & hir Cohost!
Laika Wallace's works have also appeared in:
Zines:
X/Y: A Junk Drawer of Trans Voices (print copies)
X/Y: A Junk Drawer of Trans Voices by The Dionysian Public Library
Publications:
First Peoples Shared Stories from Flame Tree Publishing
Check out what he's up to on hir NaNoWriMo site!