H.L. Hines is an Ohio author of dark fantasy romance, speculative fiction, and nonfiction exploring power, autonomy, and the messy business of creating change.

She writes fantasy because sometimes the easiest way to see the real world clearly is to set it on fire first. Her nonfiction, workshops, and creative projects carry those questions beyond the fantasy shelves, exploring leadership, community, and the power of individual and collective resistance. 

When she isn't writing, she's usually making something she found on a nature hike, learning something, working in her community, or questioning another seemingly reasonable tradition.