April Galarza has been writing since the age of five. Although her first short story Hiccups! did not receive much acclaim, the crayon written manuscript was the beginning of a lifetime devoted to the written word. April grew up in Colchester, CT and now resides in Chicago, IL. Against the advice of her “mentor in spirit” and major influence Sandra Cisneros, she married a Mexican and blames him and his magnificent family for much of her creative inspiration. She graduated from Columbia College Chicago. She spent time as an editor and writer for Spirit: a Magazine Designed for the Diverse Woman and a reporter for the The Near West Gazette. She just finished her first novel, Corridos of the Copper Coin, and is hard at work preparing it for publication.
