11. Zen Cho, Nnedi Okorafor, Ursula Vernon, Mary Robinette Kowal, Terry Pratchett, R. F. Kuang, Toni Morrison, N. K. Jemisen, Fonda Lee, Nghi Vo. Off to day job, I'll add more if I remember.

12. Caveat: I do 99% audiobooks for long fiction, and eyeball read short fiction. So I can consume short fiction and listen to nonfiction, but not long fiction while I'm writing because plots, characters, they'll get jumbled. I also pick up the style of what I'm eyeball reading (could be a feature)

Zen Cho is SO underhyped. SORCERER TO THE CROWN is one of my favorite fantasies