Sim Kern is the New York Times bestselling author of Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation. Their fiction titles include The Free People's Village and Real Sugar is Hard to Find. As a journalist, Sim has investigated petrochemical polluters and the state takeover of public schools in Houston, Texas, where Sim was a reading teacher for ten years. Sim is also a book influencer and activist, who created the The Trans Rights Readathon, which raised over $250,000 for trans-supporting organizations in its first year alone. Since October 7th, 2023, Kern has shared educational content about Palestine and anti-Zionist Jewish history and has mobilized their followers to raise more than half a million dollars in direct aid for families in Gaza.