Alicia Gael

Alicia Gael (she/her) earned a creative writing certificate from UC San Diego Extension and has a master's degree in criminology from CSU Fresno. She is a retired probation officer and criminal justice professor. She has short stories published in The Bangalore Review ("Deception") and The Quiet Reader ("No Time For Stories"), and the first chapter of her unfinished historical fiction novel, The Journey, was published in The California Writer's Club 2022 Review.

When not focused on writing, she can be found reading, or playing the ukulele. She lives near the ocean on the California central coast with her wife Donna, and furry kid, Bailey.