T.L Pavlich is a writer, editor, theatre artist, and storyteller from Cleveland, OH. T.L. is passionate about hearing and sharing stories, inspired by the power of words to fuel change and growth. After a decade working in theatre, T.L. stepped away from the stage to focus on writing. Since then, their work has appeared in The Offing, The Rumpus, and Hobart, among others. They received the 2018 SMC Lambda Literary Fellowship and a residency at Banff Center of Arts and Creativity. T.L. is an Assistant Features Editor at The Rumpus and previously Editor-In-Chief of Dear Quarantine Diary, a defunct early-pandemic ezine. Currently, they live in Boston, where they are writing a memoir that explores mourning a suicide while wrestling with suicidal ideation.