About Erica Gallegos

Erica’s writing journey began in 5th grade with her first illustrated book, Running Rain. Since then, she’s won a Watty Award (Breeder, 2020), sat on a world-building panel at WattCon (Los Angeles, 2022), and published the first two books in The Ephemeral trilogy. 

 

She gravitates toward fantasy—with slow-burning romantic subplots, of course—and she aims to write stories that are inclusive, bold, and at times, deliberately uncomfortable. If she’s doing her job right, someone, somewhere, is calling her a “Nasty Woman.” 

 

When she’s not building new worlds, Erica works to green the business sector and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in her home state. She also survives a chaotic semiannual road trip with her partner, Petr.