Neil Cochrane

Neil Cochrane is a queer, trans author and artist living and working in Portland, Oregon*. He writes speculative fiction that centers queer characters overcoming obstacles and building families. He particularly uses speculative fiction to reflect on philosophical questions about the nature of identity, relationship, and community. He has worked in and around the publishing industry since 2012, in such various roles as editor, literary agent assistant, marketing director, and bookseller. He is represented by Michaela Whatnall of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.

His artwork likewise centers queerness and family as lights against the darkness of the world. Self-taught aside from drawing classes in high school, he started with watercolors and has now begun to branch into oils.

*on land belonging to the Cowlitz people, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, the Clackamas people, and Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.