Verdell Walker is a writer of speculative fiction from rural Georgia whose work is inspired by her heritage and her research. Her stories are published and forthcoming in Tractor Beam, Zooscape, Reckoning, and other fine publications. Her nonfiction writing has appeared in Bustle, Vox, Forge, and ZORA.
Verdell Walker is a writer of speculative fiction from rural Georgia whose work is inspired by her heritage and her research. Her stories are published and forthcoming in Tractor Beam, Zooscape, Reckoning, and other fine publications. Her nonfiction writing has appeared in Bustle, Vox, Forge, and ZORA. Verdell is a graduate of the 2025 Your Personal Odyssey Workshop. She is a recipient of the Horror Writers Association’s Diversity Grant, the Gotham Writers of Color Creative Writing Scholarship, and the John Lewis Writing Grant for Fiction. She is also a 2026 Periplus Collective fellow. She can be found on Instagram: @verdellwalkerwrites, as well as her book review podcast, The Book Up.
