About Aja
Aja writes about culture.
Aja is a veteran culture writer whose beats have included geek/pop culture, fandom, internet culture and communities, as well as media criticism. They also do editing, consulting, teaching, and audio narration.
Aja is a member of the Writers Guild, a member of the American Theatre Critics Association, and a 2019 fellow of the National Critics Institute.
origin story
Aja grew up in rural Tennessee, performing in local theatre and competing in talent shows and academic competitions. They majored in voice and English at Indiana University and spent three years as a copy editor and theatre reviewer for the Bloomington Herald-Times. They have edited everything from screenplays and memoirs to Christian contemporaries and paranormal romances, including serving as submissions editor for Big Bang Press. In 2012 the Daily Dot hired them as its first full-time fandom reporter. In 2016 they joined Vox as a culture reporter and spent nearly a decade on staff. They recently moved from Brooklyn back to Tennessee.
creativity
Aja is a longtime member of fandom and a well-known writer of fanfiction. Their fandoms have included Jane Austen, Harry Potter, Inception, and several anime fandoms. In 2017, Aja co-created the Shenanigans original fic universe on AO3 with earlgreytea68. In 2018, they co-wrote and produced the Kaleidotrope Podcast, which was nominated for several Audioverse Awards, including Best Writing. They’ve published several short stories in anthologies and online magazines. Aja likes theatre, horror, regency romance, queer villains, demons, true crime, cult films, cults, fic, fandom, horses, cats (they have two cats!!!), and Wang Yibo. They get nerdy about modern art and would like to show you their tarot collection!
