LC von Hessen was born in the Midwest and fled to the East Coast after high school, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts. In addition to writing, they are also a noise musician and multidisciplinary artist/actor/performer. Some of the places where they've worked to pay the bills over the years include a comic book shop, a Halloween supply store, a tabloid newsroom, and a BDSM dungeon; they've also volunteered as a docent at Morbid Anatomy Museum. Their story "Transmasc of the Red Death" is a 2023 Brave New Weird Award winner. They live in Brooklyn with a talkative orange cat named Monty.
