Elizabeth M Castillo is a Multilingual British-Mauritian poet, writer, and educator, and a two-time Pushcart Prize and BotN nominee. She lives in Paris with her family and two cats, where she writes different things, in different languages, under different pen names. Her writing has been published internationally and in three languages, and has thus far orbited the themes of language, matrescence, postcolonial identity, ecofeminism and the tropical gothic. She is the author of two critically-acclaimed poetry books: Cajoncito: Poems on Love, Loss, y Otras Locuras, and Not Quite An Ocean. She runs monthly workshops for indie authors, and provides consultation and editorial services alongside her other creative pursuits. You can connect with her on Instagram, TikTok and X as @emcwritesthings.