Gabe Montesanti is the author of the queer, roller derby memoir BRACE FOR IMPACT, (The Dial Press, May 2022). She has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Washington University in St. Louis and has had work published in Creative Nonfiction Magazine, Brevity, The Offing, and Boulevard Magazine. Her piece, “The Worldwide Roller Derby Convention” was recognized as a notable essay in The Best American Essays 2020. She is currently at work on a book proposal about her journey performing drag.

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