ASYA STEPNOVA is a Russian writer and photographer based in NYC. She earned her BFA in Dramatic Writing from SUNY Purchase's Dramatic Writing Conservatory and received her MFA in Creative Writing at CCNY. Her plays have been performed at Playwrights Horizons. Her writing has been featured in Promethean, 433, Dwelling Literary, and Lovers & Other Strangers. Her photographs and zines have been exhibited in galleries in New York, Bristol, and Paris. Asya uses writing and visual art as a means to connect with and make sense of the insanity and absurdity of the world.