Leonard Scovens, an incarcerated LGBTQ+ activist and award-winning author, is working on a novel exploring queer gangbanging culture in American prisons. A 2021 PEN America Writing for Justice Fellow, Scovens can be seen in the documentaries HUMAN, Another Justice, and The Other Way. Xer award-winning book, Wildflowers in the Median, has been translated into Portuguese and French, and adapted into plays that have toured the Southeastern U.S. and Switzerland. Scovens is the co-founder of Achieve Higher Ground, a non-profit providing safe spaces where people impacted by trauma can heal. Xer books can be found at rustedearthproductions.com.