Laura Zaylea is a media artist and Assistant Professor at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Recent e-lit works include the web-based multimedia novel Closer Than Rust and the “locative romance” and grammar guide Speak2MeInCode. She is currently working on an interactive documentary about LGBTQ families. Zaylea holds an MFA in Film from the San Francisco Art Institute and BA in Art-Semiotics from Brown University. More about her creative work can be found at www.LauraZaylea.com