Rina Olsen is the Korean-American author of Third Moon Passing. A 2024 YoungArts Winner in the Writing: Novel category, she has been recognized for her writing by the John Locke Institute, Walt Whitman Birthplace Association, the Sejong Cultural Society, and Guam History Day, and she was invited to serve as an instructor for Polyphony Lit’s Summer 2023 writing workshop Around the World of Poetry in 80 Days. She usually finds herself juggling writing, high school, and editing for the teen literary magazines Polyphony Lit, Blue Flame Review, and Cathartic Youth Literary Magazine. When she isn’t writing, Rina can be found playing the piano, looking up obscure history, or with her nose buried in a good book. She currently lives on Guam.
