Zoe Kaplan (1996-2024)

Writer and publishing professional Zoe Kaplan, 28, died October 9, 2024 of complications from diabetes.

Kaplan began publishing short fiction of genre interest with “Pink Marble” in 2021, and published several other stories in magazines and anthologies. She also worked in publishing, spending time at Tor before joining Simon & Schuster in 2021, first as a member of the production team, and later as a managing editorial associate, working extensively with Saga Press.

She was born in 1996, and went to high school in Asheville NC. She attended Appalachian State University in Boone NC starting in 2014, graduating with a BA in creative writing. She was a residential assistant at the Shared Worlds Writing Workshop in 2015, and attended the Stonecoast MFA program in 2024. She moved to New York in 2019, and lived in Brooklyn.