Olive Brend (she/her/hers)

Olive is a writer from Lingít Aaní, what is now known as "Southeast Alaska," by way of Chasmu, the high plains of eastern Colorado. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Alaska Southeast in 2023, with a minor in Biology. She is currently an M.F.A. Creative Writing student in the prose track at the UW. In her free time, she watches birds, seals, and whales around xʷəlč, "Puget Sound."