Jess Zimmerman is an editor at Quirk Books, an independent press in Philadelphia; she was previously the editor-in-chief of Electric Literature and the founding editor of Archipelago, both nonprofit presses. She has also written for The Establishment, a website specializing in sociopolitical and cultural issues that aims to collect stories marginalized by mainstream platforms. Her essays, fiction, and poetry have appeared in publications such as Vice, Slate, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and the New Republic. She is the co-author, with Jaya Saxena, of a humorous guide to modern witchcraft called Basic Witches. She lives in Philadelphia.
