​​Ray Nayler is an author of short stories, poetry, and travelogues. He is also International Advisor to the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Previously, Nayler worked in international educational development. He has also served in the Peace Corps in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. In Vietnam, he was Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Officer at the U.S. consulate in Ho Chi Minh City.​Nayler's speculative fiction has appeared in Asimov’s, Clarkesworld, Analog, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Lightspeed, and Nightmare, as has been collected in several “Best of” anthologies. His fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen, Crimewave, Hardboiled, Cemetery Dance, Deathrealm, Queen's Quarterly, and the Berkeley Fiction Review, among other journals. His poetry has appeared in the Atlanta Review, the Beloit Poetry Journal, Weave, Juked, Able Muse, Sentence, and others. His first book, "The Mountain and the Sea," was published in 2022.