Note: From a 2017 bio: "Lev Mirov is a queer disabled mixed race Filipino-American poet, composer, and writer. With his spouse Aleksei I. Valentin he writes fantasy novels. He is also a scholar of medieval religion and history." Asked about his favorite themes, he stated, "Ghosts, revenants, faeries and immortal-yet-dead things—but not for spooks... fascinated by religion and history, and frequently write about the past, both historical, mythical, and made up."