Emily Garside is a writer, cultural critic and proud professional nerd based in Cardiff. With a PhD in theatrical responses to the AIDS crisis, she is a go-to voice on LGBTQ+ theatre and queer storytelling. She is the author of several non-fiction books, including Love That Journey for Me: The Queer Revolution of Schitt’s Creek (2021) and Gay Aliens and Queer Folk: How Russell T. Davies Changed TV (2023), and has written for The Queer Review, Slate, the BBC and The Stage. She also writes fiction and plays.