Gillian Conahan grew up in Portland and lives in Brooklyn with a well-fed fabric stash.\u00a0A writer, editor, and sewing nerd; devotee of speculative fiction and needlework in roughly\u00a0equal measure, she spends most of her time making things or thinking about making things. She still kind of wants to be Cayce Pollard when she grows up.<\/p>\n

Her first book, a sewing guide for cosplayers called The Hero\u2019s Closet<\/a>, is now out from Abrams. Currently a professional costumer, she was the editor of Vogue Patterns magazine for two years, and has written nonfiction and fiction for magazines including Discover<\/a> and Apex.<\/a>\u00a0She has a master\u2019s degree in science writing and an SB in “humanities and science” (creative writing and physics), both from MIT.<\/p>\n

gillian@alltomorrowspatterns.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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