​AJ Odasso is an author and educator currently living in the Four Corners region of the American Southwest.  They have been editing and writing for over twenty years and working in higher education internationally and in the US for over a decade.

AJ's poetry collection, The Sting of It, was published by Tolsun Books in 2019 and won Best LGBT Book in the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards.  Their novel, The Pursued and the Pursuing, was published by DartFrog Blue in 2021 and won second place in the Adult Historical Fiction category of the Reads Rainbow Awards.  Serving as Senior Poetry Editor and Media Reviews Editor at Strange Horizons since 2012, they are a six-time Hugo Award Finalist (2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022) and one-time winner (2024).

AJ holds an MA in Medieval Studies from University of York, an MFA in Creative Writing from Boston University, and an MA in Rhetoric & Writing from University of New Mexico.  They have been an Assistant Professor of English at San Juan College since 2022, where they teach Composition 1, Composition 2, Introduction to Creative Writing, Intermediate Fiction, and Intermediate Creative Nonfiction.

AJ belongs to the Reform Jewish movement.  An Autistic and intersex activist, they also identify as a nonbinary member of the trans community.  They have published work and served as a speaker on issues relevant to these communities.

AJ is represented by Lucy Cleland, Senior Agent​, at Frances Goldin Literary Agency.