Aly Welch lives in Western New York with her husband, author Mike X Welch, and their twin sons. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys acting, karate, and yoga. She also loves exploring the woods, and still hopes to find magic behind every tree and under every rock.
An earlier version of “Alpha” appeared in the Writing Bloc Deception anthology. It leads her personal story collection Silly Little Monsters. Other stories “The Patriarch” and “Just Desserts” can be found in the Writing Bloc Family (available now) and Mythos (May 31, 2023) anthologies.
Her debut novel was the urban fantasy A Better Me.
The penultimate novel in the Masquerade series, Dark Angel, comes out May 2026.