Margaret Elysia Garcia

Margaret Elysia Garcia is a Chicana writer and poet based in Orange County, California. Her work spans poetry chapbooks, full-length poetry, and short fiction. She is a Macondo fellow. Her poetry collection the daughterland and her short story collection Chicana Noir and Other Stories were both published by El Martillo Press. Her earlier short story collection Graft came out from Tolsun Books in 2022. She co-edited the anthology Red Flag Warning on mutual aid and survival in California's fire country, a Golden Poppy Award finalist. Her chapbook Burn Scars writes about the Dixie Fire and its aftermath.