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{{Short description|American author and poet (born 1981)}}
{{Short description|American author and poet}}
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| alma_mater = [[Boston University]]
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'''AJ Odasso''' (born 1981) is an award-winning American queer, intersex, nonbinary author and poet with a published career dating back to 2005. They are also a six-time [[Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine|Hugo nominee in the Semi-Prozine category]] in their capacity as Senior Poetry Editor for the speculative fiction magazine, ''[[Strange Horizons]]''. A teacher at the [[University of New Mexico]] and [[Central New Mexico Community College]], Odasso holds a [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree in Creative Writing from [[Boston University]], and they are currently enrolled in the Rhetoric & Writing [[Doctor of Philosophy|doctoral program]] at the University of New Mexico.
'''AJ Odasso''' is an American queer, intersex, nonbinary author and poet with a published career dating back to 2005. They are also a six-time [[Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine|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 [[Doctor of Philosophy|doctoral program]] at the [[University of New Mexico]].


==Writing career==
==Writing career==
Odasso began their published career in 2005, since then producing poetry, nonfiction, and short stories for magazines and anthologies.<ref name=sh>{{cite web|url=http://strangehorizons.com/author/adrienne-j-odasso/|title=AJ Odasso|date=31 December 2012 |access-date=26 July 2022|publisher=Strange Horizons}}</ref> 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,<ref name=sands>{{cite web|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/A-J-Odasso/147932526|title=A. J. Odasso|publisher=Simon and Schuster|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> originally shortlisted for the 2017 Sexton Prize as ''Things Being What They Are''.<ref name="Two Poems">{{cite web|url=https://www.indolentbooks.com/two-poems-by-a-j-adasso/|publisher=Indolent Books|title=Two Poems by A.J. Odasso|date=25 October 2018 |access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> They have also published a historical fiction novel, ''The Pursued and the Pursuing'' (DartFrog Blue), a continuation of the novel, ''[[The Great Gatsby]]''.<ref name= twincities>{{cite web|url=https://www.twincities.com/2021/10/30/readers-and-writers-poet-gives-jay-gatsby-a-new-gay-life-with-nick-carraway-in-debut-novel/amp/|title=Readers and writers: Poet gives Jay Gatsby a new gay life with Nick Carraway in debut novel|date=30 October 2021 |publisher=Twin Cities|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>
Odasso began their published career in 2005 while an undergraduate at [[Wellesley College]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://magazine.wellesley.edu/winter-2022/retellings-and-happy-endings|title=Retelling and Happy Endings|date=Winter 2022 |publisher=Wellesley Magazine|access-date=25 December 2022}}</ref> since then producing poetry, nonfiction, and short stories for magazines and anthologies.<ref name=sh>{{cite web|url=http://strangehorizons.com/author/adrienne-j-odasso/|title=AJ Odasso|date=31 December 2012 |access-date=26 July 2022|publisher=Strange Horizons}}</ref> 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,<ref name=sands>{{cite web|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/A-J-Odasso/147932526|title=A. J. Odasso|publisher=Simon and Schuster|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> originally shortlisted for the 2017 Sexton Prize as ''Things Being What They Are''.<ref name="Two Poems">{{cite web|url=https://www.indolentbooks.com/two-poems-by-a-j-adasso/|publisher=Indolent Books|title=Two Poems by A.J. Odasso|date=25 October 2018 |access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> They have also published a historical fiction novel, ''The Pursued and the Pursuing'' (DartFrog Blue), a continuation of ''[[The Great Gatsby]]''.<ref name= twincities>{{cite web|url=https://www.twincities.com/2021/10/30/readers-and-writers-poet-gives-jay-gatsby-a-new-gay-life-with-nick-carraway-in-debut-novel/amp/|title=Readers and writers: Poet gives Jay Gatsby a new gay life with Nick Carraway in debut novel|date=30 October 2021 |publisher=Twin Cities|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>


Odasso is also Senior Poetry Editor for Strange Horizons, a weekly speculative fiction and non-fiction magazine, where they have worked since 2012.<ref name=sh/><ref name=shabout>{{cite web|url=http://strangehorizons.com/about/|title=About|date=17 October 2016 |access-date=26 July 2022|publisher=Strange Horizons}}</ref><ref name=shmastehead>{{cite web|url=http://strangehorizons.com/masthead/|title=The Staff of Strange Horizons|date=22 October 2016 |publisher=Strange Horizons|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>
Odasso is also Senior Poetry Editor for [[Strange Horizons]], a weekly speculative fiction and non-fiction magazine, where they have worked since 2012.<ref name=sh/><ref name=shabout>{{cite web|url=http://strangehorizons.com/about/|title=About|date=17 October 2016 |access-date=26 July 2022|publisher=Strange Horizons}}</ref><ref name=shmastehead>{{cite web|url=http://strangehorizons.com/masthead/|title=The Staff of Strange Horizons|date=22 October 2016 |publisher=Strange Horizons|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Currently living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Odasso holds a [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree in creative writing from [[Boston University]].<ref name=sands/> 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]].<ref name=sh/> They are [[intersex]], identifying as [[pansexual]]<ref name=shqueer>{{cite web|url=http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/our-queer-roundtable/|title=Our Queer Roundtable|date=25 July 2016 |publisher=Strange Horizons|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> and [[non-binary]].<ref name=twincities/> They are also Jewish<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yudelson |first1=Larry |title=Celebrating Jewish trans poetry day! |url=https://www.benyehudapress.com/celebrating-jewish-trans-poetry-day/ |website=Ben Yehuda Press |date=16 June 2022 |access-date=27 July 2022}}</ref> and on the autism spectrum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism |url=https://autisticadvocacy.org/book/knowing-why/ |website=Autistic Self Advocacy Network |date=15 October 2018 |access-date=27 July 2022}}</ref>
Currently living in New Mexico, Odasso holds a [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree in [[creative writing]] from [[Boston University]].<ref name=sands/> 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]].<ref name=sh/> They are [[intersex]], identifying as [[pansexual]]<ref name=shqueer>{{cite web|url=http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/our-queer-roundtable/|title=Our Queer Roundtable|date=25 July 2016 |publisher=Strange Horizons|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> and [[non-binary]].<ref name=twincities/> They are also Jewish<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yudelson |first1=Larry |title=Celebrating Jewish trans poetry day! |url=https://www.benyehudapress.com/celebrating-jewish-trans-poetry-day/ |website=Ben Yehuda Press |date=16 June 2022 |access-date=27 July 2022}}</ref> and on the autism spectrum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism |url=https://autisticadvocacy.org/book/knowing-why/ |website=Autistic Self Advocacy Network |date=15 October 2018 |access-date=27 July 2022}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Bibliography==
* Odasso, AJ (2019). ''The Sting of it''
* Odasso, AJ (2021). ''The Pursued and the Pursuing''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/aj-odasso/the-pursued-and-the-pursuing/?page=8|title=THE PURSUED AND THE PURSUING &#124; Kirkus Reviews|via=www.kirkusreviews.com}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
===Solo works===
===Solo works===
*''Lost Books'': 2010 London New Poetry Award nominee;<ref name=ch>{{cite web|url=http://www.coffeehousepoetry.org/poems/london-new-poetry-award-2010|title=London New Poetry Award 2010|publisher=Coffee House Poetry|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> 2010/2011 The People's Book Prize winner, Fiction Category, Winter 2010<ref name=pbp>{{cite web|url=https://peoplesbookprize.com/winners-finalists-2010-2011/|title=Winners 2010/2011|publisher=The People's Book Prize|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>
*''Lost Books'': 2010 London New Poetry Award nominee;<ref name=ch>{{cite web|url=http://www.coffeehousepoetry.org/poems/london-new-poetry-award-2010|title=London New Poetry Award 2010|publisher=Coffee House Poetry|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> 2010/2011 The People's Book Prize winner, Fiction Category, Winter 2010<ref name=pbp>{{cite web|url=https://peoplesbookprize.com/winners-finalists-2010-2011/|title=Winners 2010/2011|date=21 November 2017 |publisher=The People's Book Prize|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>
*''Things Being What They Are'': 2017 Sexton Prize shortlist<ref name=sands/>
*''Things Being What They Are'': 2017 Sexton Prize shortlist<ref name=sands/>
*''The Sting of It'': 2019 New Mexico/Arizona Book Award winner, Gay/Lesbian (GLBT) category<ref name=nmbook>{{cite web|url=http://nmbookcoop.com/2019-Winners.pdf|title=2019 Winners New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards|publisher=New Mexico Books|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>
*''The Sting of It'': 2019 New Mexico/Arizona Book Award winner, Gay/Lesbian (GLBT) category<ref name=nmbook>{{cite web|url=http://nmbookcoop.com/2019-Winners.pdf|title=2019 Winners New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards|publisher=New Mexico Books|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>
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===Strange Horizons Senior Poetry Editor===
===Strange Horizons Senior Poetry Editor===
*[[Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine|Hugo Award Finalist, Semi-Prozine category]], 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022<ref>Multiple sources:
*[[Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine|Hugo Award Finalist, Semi-Prozine category]], 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022<ref name="Hugo13">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2013-hugo-awards/ |title=2013 Hugo Awards |date=22 December 2012 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2013-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906045317/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2013-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=2015-09-06 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hugo14">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2014-hugo-awards/ |title=2014 Hugo Awards |date=18 April 2014 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2014-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906071016/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2014-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=2015-09-06 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hugo16">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2016-hugo-awards/ |title=2016 Hugo Awards |date=29 December 2015 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2016-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816091759/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2016-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=2017-08-16 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Hugo18">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2018-hugo-awards/ |title=2018 Hugo Awards |date=15 March 2018 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref><ref name="Hugo20">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2020-hugo-awards/ |title=2020 Hugo Awards |date=7 April 2020 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref><ref name="Hugo22">{{cite web |url= https://chicon.org/home/whats-happening/hugo-awards/ |title=2022 Hugo Award Finalists Announced |date=7 April 2022 |publisher=ChiCon 8 |access-date=2022-08-09}}</ref>
* {{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2013-hugo-awards/ |title=2013 Hugo Awards |date=22 December 2012 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2013-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906045317/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2013-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=2015-09-06 |url-status=live}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2014-hugo-awards/ |title=2014 Hugo Awards |date=18 April 2014 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2014-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906071016/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2014-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=2015-09-06 |url-status=live}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2016-hugo-awards/ |title=2016 Hugo Awards |date=29 December 2015 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2016-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816091759/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2016-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=2017-08-16 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2018-hugo-awards/ |title=2018 Hugo Awards |date=15 March 2018 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2018-04-02}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2020-hugo-awards/ |title=2020 Hugo Awards |date=7 April 2020 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2020-04-08}}
* {{cite web |url= https://chicon.org/home/whats-happening/hugo-awards/ |title=2022 Hugo Award Finalists Announced |date=7 April 2022 |publisher=ChiCon 8 |access-date=2022-08-09}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.ajodasso.com/}}, including CV, links, reviews, and contact information.
* {{Official website|https://www.ajodasso.com/}}


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Latest revision as of 06:59, 22 November 2024

AJ Odasso
Odasso in 2019
Odasso in 2019
BornUnited States
Occupation
  • Writer
  • Poet
Alma materBoston University
Period2005–present
GenreScience fiction
Website
www.ajodasso.com

AJ Odasso 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.

Writing career

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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

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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

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

Awards and recognition

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Solo works

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Retelling and Happy Endings". Wellesley Magazine. Winter 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "AJ Odasso". Strange Horizons. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "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. 21 November 2017. 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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