Natashia Deón is the author of the novel Grace (Counterpoint), and the founder of Redeemed, a non-profit organization that pairs professional writers and lawyers with people seeking to clear their criminal records. She is a practicing criminal attorney and the creator of two Los Angeles-based reading series: Dirty Laundry Lit and The Table. Her forthcoming novel, The Perishing (Counterpoint), is due out in Nov. 2021.