Born in Ukraine, she grew up in Israel and is currently residing in California. Elana Gomel is an academic, an award-winning writer, and a professional nomad. She is an authority on narrative theory and speculative fiction and has published widely in these areas. She is the author of more than a hundred stories, several novellas, and seven novels in the dark fantasy and science fiction genres. Her latest fiction publications are the dark fairy tale Nightwood (Silver Award in the Bookfest 2023 competition) and Girl of Light, a historical fantasy.
