Meet the author…
A storyteller at heart, I’m constantly weaving the tales of my core into a glistening web—image by image, word by word.
I often feel my characters watching me with bright and trusting eyes as I poke around the benevolent spaces of my mind, seeking out their stories and truths, and I love them dearly for it.
My greatest hope is that these beings and their wild magic speak to you too, and if so desired, spark fantastical worlds of your own to explore.
Faithfully,
Ana Cristina
BIO
Ana Cristina Caelen is a California-born author of Mexican and Belgian descent. A multi-cultural and multi-lingual artist, she studied a BA in Music Composition at the Universidad de las Americas (Puebla) and completed a MA in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism at Naropa University (Colorado).
After teaching musicianship and improvisation as an Adjunct Professor at Naropa University, she worked privately with students as a sound therapist and voice coach for many years in Tijuana. Her most notable music composition to date is Of Roots and Trees which has been part of the renowned Cuarteto Aurora’s contemporary musical repertoire in Mexico for over a decade.
Sensory intuitive and dedicated wordsmith that she is, her passion for language, mysticism, and hearty characters you can sink your teeth into led her to publish her debut high fantasy novel, Wilding Souls, in 2022. She is currently working on bringing readers her thrilling new books, Burning Songs and Crowning Stars, which complete the Tapestry of Selves Trilogy, and dreaming about future stories to shape and craft.