Aiki Mira lives in Hamburg[2] and is listed as a Hamburg author in the authors' gallery of the Hamburg City Library.[3] After studying media communication, Aiki Mira researched youth culture and computer games.[4] Aiki Mira is the first non-binary science fiction author to be listed as an authorx on the homepage of the Kurd-Laßwitz Prize.[5] In addition to novels, Aiki Mira publishes essays and short stories for : Tor Online, Phantastisch!, Exodus, Queer*Welten, Future Fiction Magazine and c't.
Das Universum ohne Eisbärin is Aiki Miras first published short story. It was published in c't in 2021,[6] and was nominated for the Kurd-Laßwitz Award[5] and the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis. Two other short stories, Vorsicht synthetisches Leben and Utopie27 were also nominated for the same awards,[7] something that nobody had achieved so far.[8]
Their short story Utopie27 won the Kurd-Laßwitz Award and the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis in 2022.[5][7]
Together with Uli Bendick and Mario Franke, Aiki Mira published the anthology Am Anfang war das Bild in 2021, which was nominated for the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis 2022 and came second in the special prize category.[9]
Aiki Mira's prize-winning story Utopie27 also appeared in the anthology. In June 2022, Aiki Mira published the science fiction novel Titans Kinder. Eine Space-Utopie published by p.machinery.[10]
This was followed in December 2022 by the cyberpunk novel Neongrau: Game over in Neurosubstrat published by Polarise.[11][12] The novel won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis 2023.[13] Their novel Neurobiest won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis 2024 as well[14]
Since 2023, Aiki Mira has been co-hosting the SWR podcast Das war morgen together with political scientist Isabella Hermann.[15]
Queer science fiction
Aiki Mira considers to be part of the queer science fiction genre and also publishes essays on the subject, for example on Tor Online[16] and in Queer*Welten magazine.[17][18]
Aiki Mira verortet sich in der Queer*Science Fiction und veröffentlicht zum Thema auch Essays, zum Beispiel auf Tor Online[19] und im Queer*Welten Magazin.[20]
Some of their stories have been listed as queer science fiction.[21]Theresa Hannig, another German science fiction author, thinks that Aiki Mira is part of the authors of science fiction who deal with social science fiction rather than pure technical SF.[22]
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