Josh Savory is the co-creator and editor-in-chief of Game Over Books. He received his Master’s Degree in English at Bridgewater State University where he also worked on The Bridge, the student-run arts journal, for two years. Later, during a brief stint as the Contracts Coordinator of Strength of Doves Productions, he started working with local writers, helping with editing, formatting, and printing several chapbooks.

Co-owner & Merchandise // Catherine Weiss is a poet and artist from Maine. Their poetry has been published in Tinderbox, Up the Staircase, Fugue, Okay Donkey, perhappened, Birdcoat, Bodega, Counterclock, petrichor, HAD, and Flypaper Lit. Catherine is the artist behind the collaborative poetry chapbook/card deck I WISH I WASN’T ROYALTY (Game Over Books, 2020). They are also the author of chapbook-length poem, FERVOR (Ginger Bug Press, 2021) and full-length poetry collection, WOLF GIRLS VS. HORSE GIRLS (Game Over Books, 2021). More at catherineweiss.com.

Social Media Coordinator // Giovanna Lomanto is a Pushcart Prize nominated poet and multidisciplinary artist based in Oakland, California. She has published two full-length collections, an art edition, and two chapbooks throughout her writing career. Her work has/will be featured in the SFMOMA archive, KQED, and the East Bay Photo Collective, as well as various literary magazines. She is a current MFA student at New York University and obtained her BA at the University of California, Berkeley.

Art Director // Kaleigh O’Keefe (they/them) is a gender outlaw and proud union member living in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Their poetry has appeared in Breaking the Chains: a Socialist Perspective on Women’s Liberation, Kissing Dynamite, Button Poetry, In Between Spaces: an Anthology of Disabled Writers (Stillhouse Press), won the PRIDE Poetry Prize in Passengers Journal, and is featured on indie music legend Ceschi’s album Sans Soleil. They have performed everywhere from dingy basements and downtown Boston sidewalks during protests, to the Boston Pride Festival and the United Nations Headquarters in NYC, sharing stages with Kit Yan, Rev. Osagyefo Sekou, Sakeena Yacoobi, Terry Crews, and more. Kaleigh is a co-founder of Game Over Books, a contributor and editor for Liberation News, and co-host of the Liberation Open Mic at the Boston Liberation Center. They are composed mostly of earl grey and have a measuring tape in their possession at all times. You can find them at www.kaleighokeefe.com and on social media @KaleighOKeefeOK

Dena Igusti is a queer Indonesian Muslim poet, playwright, and journalist based in Queens, New York. They are the co-founder of Asian multidisciplinary arts collective UNCOMMON;YOU and literary press Short Line Review. They are a 2018 NYC Youth Poet Laureate Ambassador and 2017 Urban Word Federal Hall Fellow. They are a 2019 Player’s Theatre Resident Playwright for their co-written Off-Broadway production “Sharum.” They are a 2020 Ars Nova Emerging Leaders Fellow. Their work has been featured in BOAAT Press, Peregrine Journal, and several other publications. They have performed at The Brooklyn Museum, The Apollo Theater, the 2018 Teen Vogue Summit, and several universities across the nation. Their collection was published with Game Over Books in Summer 2020. You can find more of them at denaigusti.com. Socials: @dispatchdena on Instagram and Twitter

Fiction Editor // Story Boyle is an editor and fantasy writer by day, a bookseller by night, and a craftsperson-ly genderqueer river troll in the hours in between—which explains her love of bridge architecture and the taste of billy goat. Her short stories have appeared in Aliterate, On Spec, Daily Science Fiction, and PerVisions. Mr. Boyle received her BA from New College of Florida, studying both performance and poetry, but concentrating in anthropology. Presently, she lives in Malden with a houseful of cats. The plants and people are pretty amazing, too.

Senior Editor // Ally Ang is a gaysian poet & editor based in Seattle. Their work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, and has appeared in Queer Nature: A Poetry Anthology, Foglifter, ANMLY, Muzzle Magazine, Columbia Journal, and elsewhere. Ally is an editor for Game Over Books and a reader for Palette Poetry. Find them at allysonang.com or @TheOceanIsGay.

Senior Editor // Jill Boger has been editing poetry and fiction since 2014. Her own poetry has appeared in The Worcester Review and Boog City. She currently lives in the Providence area with her two tuxedo cats, Scott and Hemingway. They are sometimes joined by the disembodied voice of James Joyce.

Senior Editor // Devin Devine (they/them) is a queer writer, comedian, and performer based in Portland, OR. Devin is an editor for Game Over Books, as well as an assistant editor for Yes Yes Books. They published their debut collection, Drinking to Sainthood, with Game Over Books in 2021. They began their substack, Hungry & Horny in 2023. To find out more, track them down at burger joint near you, or @delphinedanger on all social media, or even their website www.devindevine.me

Editor // Nicole Tracii (she/her) is a poet, lover of being on stage, cat mom, and generally confused human. She uses writing to reconnect to disconnected identities and channel her badass, take no shit attitude into work and writing. Nicole Tracii has been featured on Poets and Muses Podcast, The Poetry Steam Versus Battle, and at various Lyrical Opposition events. In addition to avidly attending workshops she also hosts her own Work in Progress workshops. She received an honorable mention in Southern Collective Experience's 2021 Asian American Chapbook Contest. Nicole Tracii was a finalist in the 2022 Women of the World Virtual Poetry Slam. You can follow Nicole for updates on Instagram: @NicoleTraciiWrites and you can follow her cat @Adeline9Lives for adorable cat photos.

Editor // Kaitlyn Lindtvedt is a loud little nerd who never quite outgrew the idea that she could live a fantastical life if she tried hard enough. She is an editor by day, a writer and musician by night, and a cat porch always. When sidetracked, she can be found falling down Wikipedia rabbit holes or ranting about the merits of Gilmore Girls and Fruits Basket as trauma-informed educational media.

Editor // Liv Mammone is an editor and poet from Long Island, New York. Her poetry has appeared in wordgathering, monstering, Wicked Banshee, The Medical Journal of Australia, and others. In 2017, she competed team for Union Square Slam as the first disabled woman to be on a New York national poetry slam team and appeared in the play The Fall of All Atomic Angels as part of a festival that was named Best of Off Off Broadway by Time Out Magazine. She was also a finalist in the Capturing Fire National Poetry Slam in Washington DC. Her most recent editorial job, Uma Dwivedi’s poetry collection They Called her Goddess; we Named her Girl, was nominated for a Write Bloody book award.

Editor // Elisa Rowe is a poet, editor, and writer. They are a Pushcart Prize nominee and author of the chapbook Every Imagined Tundra (Bottlecap Press, 2021). They have poems or reviews in WBUR, The Massachusetts Review, One Magazine, Boston Art Review, and elsewhere. You can find more of their work on their website www.elisarowe.com

Co-Founder // Kelly Whelan is passionate about storytelling. In her day job, she's a marketing and communications professional with 12 years of experience managing email, press, social media, podcasts, and digital content for nonprofits and associations. Outside of work she enjoys using her writing and project management skills to support meaningful projects. She's obsessed with her three cats (having a diabetic cat is basically her whole personality), reading, nail art, and roller skating.

Co-Founder & Retired Business Manager // MJ Malpiedi is a queerdo nerd boi, writer, performer, model, and friendly neighborhood panda currently residing in Warwick, Rhode Island. MJ is a MFA graduate of Naropa’s Jack Kerouac School and is currently working as a features writer for CBR. They are the business manager for the indie publishing company, Game Over Books. They are also the co-creator of the nerdy podcast, Are You F**king Kidding Me? When they aren't selling books or talking nerdy, you can find them playing their recent favorite Switch game and falling down YouTube rabbit holes.

Intern // Emma Voelker is the first ever Game Over Books intern. She is a senior at Bridgewater State University and will be graduating this fall with a BA in English. In her free time, she enjoys reading, playing video games, watching movies, and making art. She has two dogs named Scout and Max, who take up a lot of her time.