Erika Gallion Velasquez is a writer based in Los Angeles, California. Originally from Canton, Ohio, Erika writes mainly creative nonfiction. She is actively seeking representation for her memoir-in-essays and is also drafting her first novel.

Erika is also the author of Matches Struck Unexpectedly in the Dark, a Substack newsletter.

Her nonfiction has appeared in Entropy, The Racket, Women’s Review of Books, HerStry, NiftyLit, Apricity, and Always Crashing. Her fiction has appeared in Angel City Review. Visit ‘Published Work’ for more information on published pieces.