Aster Olsen is a southern biologist and trans writer living in Seattle. Her writing is published in Smoke and Mold, Lilac Peril, Hey Alma, Autostraddle, Inner Worlds, Itch, and elsewhere. She is the creator and editor of TRANSplants Zine, a zine series about transness and place.

You can follow her on bluesky, @asterolsen, and on instagram, @asterviridae. Or, you can reach her via email at aster.s.olsen(at)gmail(dot)com.