Beatrice Winifred Iker
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 Mouth. You can find their work in issues of Anathema Magazine, The Deadlands, Fantasy Magazine, FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, Nightmare Magazine, & others.
Beatrice is represented by Chelsea Hensley at Mad Woman Literary Agency.
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