Ariel Avelar

Ariel Avelar is an avid storyteller and artist with a boundless imagination that never sleeps. She specializes in fantasy and science fiction adventures and uses the backdrop of fantastical worlds and high-stakes conflicts to vividly explore the depths of human struggles and desires.

Beginning with co-authored stories with friends in early high school, Ariel has always had one or more writing projects in process, while dozens of unwritten ideas reinvent themselves in the back of her mind, awaiting their turn to be put to pen and paper. She has created a thousand worlds, lived a thousand lives, and vanquished a thousand enemies--with many more to come.

Ariel studied English and Creative Writing in college and received an Outstanding Senior in English Award. Along with the occasional poem or short story, she has authored eight unpublished novel manuscripts and co-authored twelve. Influent, a young adult sci-fi adventure novella, is her first published full-length story.

While not writing, she enjoys many artistic pursuits, including photography, graphic design, singing and playing the piano, designing fantasy costumes, and backpacking in the beautiful and wild Rocky Mountains near her home in Colorado.