Photo by Rachel Lachmansingh. My last name is pronounced Fa-har-do. I am fortunate and grateful to live and write on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. This land is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
about K. M. Fajardo
K. M. Fajardo is a second-generation Filipino-Canadian speculative fiction writer from Ontario, Canada. She graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Global Business and Digital Arts before working in tech. Her debut novel, Local Heavens, a queer cyberpunk reimagining of The Great Gatsby, has been featured in media outlets like The New York Times, ELLE Magazine and CBC Books, and was nominated for the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards for science fiction. After a childhood spent roaming bookstores, she now lives and writes full-time in Toronto with her rescue cat, Clementine. Find her online at kmfajardo.com.
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