David M. Olsen (Nik Xandir Wolf) is Editor-In-Chief of Kelp Journal. He is a graduate of Stanford’s OWC program in novel writing and holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Riverside Palm Desert. He has published books of poetry, a best-selling novel, multiple anthologies, and various work in literary journals and magazines including Carmel Magazine, The Rumpus and Catamaran Literary Reader. He is at work on a Crime Thriller Series starring Moon DeMarco—a crime fighting big wave surfer—a linked collection of short stories, and his next book of poetry. He resides on California's central coast where he surfs regularly.