Smiling white person sitting on a deck holding an open book. Author photo of Des DeVivo

Des DeVivo

they/them

Des DeVivo is a queer writer of queer stories that transmute pain into beauty. Born and raised in small-town Ohio, they now reside in Los Angeles with their husband and three cats. A professional editor and storyteller, they're also a melanoma survivor and a 2x marathon runner.

Des is also a proud Creative Producer for Incision Press, a queer + trans owned indie publisher based in Australia.

Their published work includes:

An Appreciation of Cats, book one of the Devonshire Clinic novella series

Scattered and Covered, Unapologetic Love Anthology, Vol 1

A Lover's Guide to Warning Bells, Take It Outside Anthology

Their accolades include:

2025 • Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference Contest
                       • Winner – Short Fiction, First Place – WERE HERE

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