Meet Our Authors: A.E. Santana

Originally published February 2, 2023

A.E. Santana (she/her) is a Southern California native who grew up in a farming community surrounded by the Sonoran Desert. A lover of horror and fantasy, her works can be found in Latinx Screams, Demonic Carnival III, and other horror anthologies. She is the managing editor for Kelp Journal & Books; the moderator for the horror book club, The Thing in the Labyrinth; and the communications manager for Full Circle Players, a theatre company in Riverside, California. She is also a founding playwright for the East Valley Repertory Theatre in Indio, California. She was the former editor for The Coachella Review's monthly column on diversity in literature, Voice to Books. A.E. Santana is a member of the Horror Writers Association, Denver Horror Collective, and has participated in several horror panels, including "No Longer the Scream Queen: Women’s Roles in Horror." She received her MFA in fiction from the University of California, Riverside's low-residency program. She graduated from California State University, San Bernardino, with a bachelor's degree in mass communications and a minor in script writing. Her associate degree in journalism is from Imperial Valley College. Her perfect day consists of a cup of black tea and her cat, Flynn Kermit.