AJ Fitzwater is a punk unicorn who lives between the cracks of Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand. Their short fiction has appeared in venues such as Clarkesworld, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Small Wonders, and Fireside Fiction. They are the author of rodent pirate escapades in The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper, and the WW2 land girls shape-shifter novella No Man’s Land. They are a Sir Julius Vogel Award winner, graduate of the Clarion SFF Writers Workshop 2014, and  were Artist in Residence at The Christchurch Arts Centre 2021. Their hair colour is subject to change.

AJ is represented by Fabienne Schwizer