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Stefan Bindley-Taylor is a Trinidadian-American author, musician, and educator born and raised in Maryland. His stories showcase characters from the Caribbean diaspora with humor, empathy, and a touch of magic.

His recent and forthcoming work can be found in several outlets, including Chautauqua, swamp pink, The Common, adda, and Brooklyn Rail. He is the recipient of a 2026 Katherine Bakeless Nason Scholarship from Bread Loaf, the 2025 Chautauqua Janus prize, the 2025 DISQUIET Flowers Fellowship, a 2025 Kimbilio Fellowship, the 2024 Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Elizabeth Nunez prize, a short-lister for the 2024 Commonwealth Foundation Short Story Prize, and a finalist for the PEN 2023 Emerging Voices Fellowship. 

Outside of writing, Stefan has been a performing musician for over a decade. He writes and performs in two projects: FISHLORD, a punk project, and Nafets, an alternative hip-hop project. He has amassed over 8 million streams worldwide and landed sync placements with Netflix, HBO, Hulu, BET+, The CW, and more.

He received an M.Ed. from Harvard Graduate School of Education, and he is currently pursuing his MFA at the University of Virginia.