Kayden Abley (they/them and he/him) is an Ottawa-based queer, nonbinary and transgender healthcare admin worker and author who has been published in the anthologies Amanda Goes To Italy (Girls Gone By Press) and Under The Poet Tree (Pedlar Press) and Mosaic literary magazine. They hold a diploma in Fine Arts from Dawson College, a BA (Hons) in Celtic Studies from the University of Toronto and a Master's degree in Scottish Studies from the University of Edinburgh. They also completed the academic portion of Humber College's Funeral Services Education program, where they studied grief counselling, funeral law and funeral planning among other topics.