Tonya R. Moore
Origins
Tonya R. Moore grew up on the island of Jamaica. She migrated to the USA in 1997 and has been writing speculative fiction part-time since 2009. Her other jobs have included US Army soldier, police dispatcher, office administrator, and call center operator. She is currently a behavioral health credentialing specialist working for a multi-state non-profit.
Endeavors
Tonya writes and edits speculative fiction part time. She has written professionally for companies such as the Paidia Gaming platform and Publishers Weekly. She is a member of SFWA, Codex, and the Speculative Literature Foundation, and is the founder of the fledgling book publishing company, Fairy Dust and Fire Press.
She is the Poetry Editor at Solarpunk Magazine and a Poetry Acquiring Editor at the Hugo Award-winning and nominated FIYAH Literary Magazine. She was a Vodoonauts 2022 Fellow and a finalist for Analog Science Fiction & Fact’s 2022 Award for Emerging Black Writers. She is also an Associate Writer for the Hugo-nominated science fiction fan blog, Galactic Journey.
Recent Work
Tonya’s science fiction-horror short story, Water Baby, was published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction’s Summer 2024 issue. Her short story, Anansi and the Astronaut, was published in M.V. Media’s recently released Spacefunk! Anthology.
Hobbies
Tonya also enjoys reading books, watching anime and live action SF movies and television series. She first started gaming in 2023 and will return to streaming variety games such as Palia, Palword, and No Man’s Sky, on Twitch, later this Summer. Her most highly anticipated game of 2025 is the genre-bending adventure game, Split Fiction.