Raluca Albu is the communications director of the Authors Guild, the oldest and largest professional organization for published writers. They advocate for the legal rights of authors by supporting fair publishing and freelance writing contracts, copyright protection and free speech, and are on the forefront of demanding protective guardrails from big tech for illegal AI use of authors' works. In addition to her industry advocacy, she has held editorial positions at Penguin Random House, BOMB magazine, Guernica, the Columbia Journal, and served as a juror for the Vilcek prize, the Best Translated Book Award, and others. Her own work has been published in the Guardian, the Village Voice, and in the upcoming book Edge of the World: An Anthology of Queer Travel Writing.