J.D. Dresner is a fantasy and science fiction author whose work spans poetry, short fiction, and novels. His poetry has appeared in Polar Starlight, Ansible Press, Academy of the Heart and Mind, Polar Borealis, and Hippocampus Press, with “For the Robots” selected for Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Two. He won the 2024 short story contest from the Fantasy / Science Fiction Alliance, and his story “The Death Sentence” was published in Fission #4 by the British Science Fiction Association. Peasant Magazine published “Rhymes with Orange,” while 2 other stories are set to be published in 2025. Dresner’s debut novel, A Prologue of Deception, book 1 in the Talisman Series, was acquired by Golden Storyline Books and will be released in print and eBook in 2025.
When not writing about goblins and manticores, he works in book design and occasionally pretends he knows how to cook.
