Asata Radcliffe is a writer and independent filmmaker. She is the founder and Editor for the 2040 Review. She writes fiction, speculative & science fiction, essays, and is a reviewer for Kirkus Reviews. Asata has writing that has appeared or is forthcoming in anthologies and literary journals including her most recent work in Dawnland Voices 2.0 and Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler (The Collection) released by Twelfth Planet Press. Asata received her MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Antioch University.