Nara Monteiro (they/she) is a Brazilian-Canadian writer, editor, and nerd. Nara is the editorial coordinator at TouchWood Editions, an editor at Room magazine, and a reader for Augur magazine. They have a Master of Publishing from Simon Fraser University and an Honours BA in English Literature from Western University. After hours, they like to disappear into the woods with an armful of books.
Nara was born in São Paulo, Brazil on Purí, Tekohá (Guarani), and Mbya land and lives on Treaty 13 in Toronto on traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, Anishnabeg, Chippewa, Haudenosaunee, and Wendat peoples.