Aimee Ogden is a former software tester and science teacher; now she writes stories about sad astronauts and space mermaids. Her debut novella “Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters” is a 2021 Nebula finalist, and her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Lightspeed, Analog, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, as well as previously in Clarkesworld. She also co-edits Translunar Travelers Lounge, a magazine of fun and optimistic speculative fiction.