Ryka Aoki

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Ryka Aoki is an American author of novels, poetry, and essays. She teaches English at Santa Monica College and gender studies at Antioch University.

Aoki's work includes the poetry collections ''Seasonal Velocities'' and ''Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul,'' along with the novels and ''Light From Uncommon Stars''. Her work, ''Seasonal Velocities,'' was a finalist for the award for transgender nonfiction in the 25th Lambda Literary Awards in 2013. Her poetry ''Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul'' was a finalist for the 28th Lambda Literary Awards in 2016. ''Light From Uncommon Stars'' was nominated for a 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and a 2022 Los Angeles Times Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction and was awarded the 2021 Otherwise Award, presented at WisCon 46 in May of 2023.