AJ Odasso

AJ Odasso (born 1981) is an American queer, intersex, nonbinary author and poet with a published career dating back to 2005. They are also a six-time Hugo nominee in the Semi-Prozine category in their capacity as Senior Poetry Editor for the speculative fiction magazine, Strange Horizons. An English Faculty member at San Juan College, Odasso holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from Boston University, and they are currently enrolled in the Rhetoric & Writing doctoral program at the University of New Mexico.

AJ Odasso
Odasso in 2019
Odasso in 2019
Born1981 (age 41–42)
United States
Occupation
  • Writer
  • Poet
Alma materBoston University
Period2005–present
GenreScience fiction
Website
www.ajodasso.com

Writing career

Odasso began their published career in 2005 while an undergraduate at Wellesley College,[1] since then producing poetry, nonfiction, and short stories for magazines and anthologies.[2] Their poetry has been published in Sybil's Garage, Mythic Delirium, Midnight Echo, Not One of Us, Dreams & Nightmares, Strange Horizons, Liminality, Stone Telling, Farrago's Wainscot, Battersea Review, Barking Sycamores, Goblin Fruit and New England Review of Books. Solo collections include: Lost Books (Flipped Eye Publishing), published 2010, The Dishonesty of Dreams (Flipped Eye Publishing), published 2014, and The Sting of It (Tolsun Books), published 2019,[3] originally shortlisted for the 2017 Sexton Prize as Things Being What They Are.[4] They have also published a historical fiction novel, The Pursued and the Pursuing (DartFrog Blue), a continuation of The Great Gatsby.[5]

Odasso is also Senior Poetry Editor for Strange Horizons, a weekly speculative fiction and non-fiction magazine, where they have worked since 2012.[2][6][7]

Personal life

Currently living in New Mexico, Odasso holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Boston University.[3] They are a full-time English Faculty member at San Juan College and a Doctor of Philosophy candidate in Rhetoric & Writing at the University of New Mexico.[2] They are intersex, identifying as pansexual[8] and non-binary.[5] They are also Jewish[9] and on the autism spectrum.[10]

Bibliography
  • Odasso, AJ (2019). The Sting of it
  • Odasso, AJ (2021). The Pursued and the Pursuing[11]

Awards and recognition

Solo works
  • Lost Books: 2010 London New Poetry Award nominee;[12] 2010/2011 The People's Book Prize winner, Fiction Category, Winter 2010[13]
  • Things Being What They Are: 2017 Sexton Prize shortlist[3]
  • The Sting of It: 2019 New Mexico/Arizona Book Award winner, Gay/Lesbian (GLBT) category[14]
  • The Pursued and the Pursuing: 2021 Reads Rainbow Award, 2nd Place, Historical Fiction category[15]

Strange Horizons Senior Poetry Editor

References
  1. "Retelling and Happy Endings". Wellesley Magazine. Winter 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  2. "AJ Odasso". Strange Horizons. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  3. "A. J. Odasso". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  4. "Two Poems by A.J. Odasso". Indolent Books. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  5. "Readers and writers: Poet gives Jay Gatsby a new gay life with Nick Carraway in debut novel". Twin Cities. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  6. "About". Strange Horizons. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  7. "The Staff of Strange Horizons". Strange Horizons. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  8. "Our Queer Roundtable". Strange Horizons. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  9. Yudelson, Larry (16 June 2022). "Celebrating Jewish trans poetry day!". Ben Yehuda Press. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  10. "Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism". Autistic Self Advocacy Network. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  11. "THE PURSUED AND THE PURSUING | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
  12. "London New Poetry Award 2010". Coffee House Poetry. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  13. "Winners 2010/2011". The People's Book Prize. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  14. "2019 Winners New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards" (PDF). New Mexico Books. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  15. "Reads Rainbow Awards 2021: The Results". 8 December 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  16. Multiple sources:
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