Aigner Loren Wilson


Aigner Loren Wilson is an award-nominated, queer Black speculative fiction author and editor. A member of the Science [Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association], Horror Writers Association, and the Codex Writers Group, she is from coastal New Jersey but currently lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Writing career

Wilson began her professional speculative fiction writing career in 2019 with a poem published in the literary speculative fiction magazine Arsenika. After several subsequent poetry sales, Wilson made first professional SF prose sale in 2022 to Lightspeed (magazine), a magazine for which she is a guest editor. Other professional outlets in which her fiction has appeared include The Magazine of Fantasy & [Science Fiction], Interzone (magazine), and FIYAH Literary Magazine. Her nonfiction has appeared in prominent outlets such as Wired (magazine) and Reactor (magazine). Her writing frequently incorporates humor even in works that are dark and serious in subject.
Wilson's speculative fiction editing career began in 2021 with a guest editing opportunity for . Wilson is now senior fiction editor for Strange Horizons and the horror podcast, Nightlight, written and acted by Black creators.
She also teaches writing classes and maintains a clearinghouse for writing opportunities at the Starburst School for Writers.

Personal life

Wilson enjoys hiking, books, games, and bread bakes. She lives with an unspecified number of children and pets. She is a fan of vampires, but identifies more strongly with werewolves.

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