Dr. Redfern Barrett is a non-binary author whose stories have featured in Passages North, The Sun Magazine, The Colored Lens, and Nature. Their nonfiction has featured in Guernica, Strange Horizons, PinkNews, and at the National Museum of Denmark.

Redfern was a finalist for the Bi Book Awards, 1st runner up for the Leapfrog Prize, and shortlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize and HISSAC Prize. They were also a semifinalist for the UNO Publishing Lab Prize, The Big Moose Prize, and The Journal Non/Fiction Prize, along with being longlisted for the Royal Academy/Pin Drop Award, Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Prize, Inktears Award, First Pages Prize, Fractured Lit Flash Contest, and Santa Fe Writers Project Award.

Born in Sheffield, England, Redfern later moved to Wales and gained a PhD in Literature from Swansea University. They coined the term ‘ambitopia’, a breakdown of the utopia/dystopia binary that has inspired a variety of works including exhibitions, essays, and academic studies. Redfern has campaigned for queer rights since they were a teenager and has written boutique LGBTQ+ novels under their full name, ‘Redfern Jon Barrett’. They have also served as a judge for the 2017 Bi Book Awards and as a reader for the for PEN America/Fusion Award.

Redfern now lives in Berlin and is represented by Jonathan Villegas of Olswanger Literary.