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Photo Credit: Charlie Iker, Beatrice Winifred Iker, and Sydnee Monday

Beatrice Winifred Iker (EYE-kurr) (they/them) is a Southern Appalachian poet, author, and tarot reader from Knoxville, Tennessee, currently residing in New Hampshire.

Beatrice has an upcoming adult horror novel, I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU, available November 18, 2025. Additionally, they are releasing a picture book called CHARLEY'S HONKY-TONK MISSION, illustrated by Miguelina Milien. This picture book celebrates Charley Pride, America's first Black country music superstar, and will be published in the spring of 2026. Beatrice co-hosts the Ignyte Award-winning Afronauts Podcast, which discusses and uplifts Black speculative fiction. They are a Voodoonauts Fellow. 

 

 Beatrice is a Rhysling & Dwarf Star Award-nominated poet with work in The Australian Shadows Award-winning anthology Death in the MouthYou can find their work in issues of Anathema Magazine, The Deadlands, Fantasy Magazine, FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative FictionNightmare Magazine, & others. ​

Beatrice is represented by Chelsea Hensley at Mad Woman Literary Agency.

 

​Socials:

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Afronauts Podcast: 

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