Aja Gabel is the author of the novels Lightbreakers and The Ensemble, both from Riverhead Books. Her prose has appeared in The Cut, Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, BOMB, and elsewhere. She studied writing at Wesleyan University and the University of Virginia and holds a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston.
She has received awards from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Her short story “Little Fish” was adapted into a feature film, and she has written and developed several other screenwriting projects. She currently lives and writes in Los Angeles.