About the Author – Elana Gomel

Appears in:
Summer of Speculation : Catastrophe 2021

Elana Gomel was born in a country that no longer exists and has lived in many others that may, or may not, be on the road to extinction. She is an academic with a long list of publications, specializing in science fiction, Victorian literature, and serial killers. She is also a fiction writer who has published more than eighty short stories, several novellas, and three novels: A Tale of Three Cities (2013), The Hungry Ones (2018) and The Cryptids (2019).  Her story “Where the Streets Have No Name” was the winner of the 2020 Gravity Award and her story “Mine Seven” is included in The Best Horror of the Year 13 edited by Ellen Datlow. She speaks three languages, has two children, and is currently dividing her time between California and Tel Aviv.

She is a member of Horror Writers of America.

She can be found at https://www.citiesoflightanddarkness.com/