Aaron Luc Shipp is an author based in Omaha, NE whose initial journalistic interests and affinity for the absurd helped form his style of efficient, evocative literature. After publishing his first novel, The Trismus Candidate, in 2011, Shipp contributed numerous pieces to the music blog The Heavy Duty and local art magazine, Found in Benson. Shipp later collected his short stories from the latter into his release Lost in Benson, released in 2012.

After an extended hiatus, Shipp created the short lived media outlet Contusion, from which he authored numerous political and cultural articles. Rediscovering his love for long form fiction, he began work on his second novel, DROSS, in 2023.