Grayson Michael Harper is a transsexual creative and two-time Houston Youth Poet Laureate finalist. He is a writing student with a focus in poetry and creative non-fiction, and has been previously published in print and online through outlets like Blue Marble Review, The Augment Review, Paper Crane Journal, and others. In Spring 2022, he was accepted as an executive editor at Cathartic Youth Literary Magazine after being published through them as an Editor's Choice writer. This Collateral Body, his first poetry & prose collection, was self-published in January 2023, and he has been performing original music at different events in Houston since his sophomore year of high school. His work is available for viewing on Instagram (@gmhriot).