About Me

Romance Author. Writing Teacher. WIFE & BOY MOM. Dog Rescuer. NEEDLEPOINT Enthusiast.

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Bio

Alana Quintana Albertson is a Latina bestselling romance and mystery author (#3 in entire Amazon store) with over one million views on her Se7en Deadly SEALs romantic mystery serial on Radish. Her own voices, Latine Rom Com series, Love and Tacos, has been optioned for television. 

Alana holds a Masters of Education from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Stanford University. She’s the former President of Romance Writers of America’s Contemporary Romance, Young Adult, and Chick Lit chapters.

A recovering professional ballroom dancer, she lives in Poway, California, with her husband, two young sons, and seven rescue dogs.

When she’s not spending her time saving dogs from high kill shelters through Pugs N Roses™, the rescue she founded, she can be found needlepointing while binge-watching episodes of Pitch, Wednesday, YOU, or the Americans.

Alana (née Chulick) was born and raised in Marin County, California. She graduated from Redwood High School in Larkspur, California. 

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A few of my favorite things …

Days off…

Yoga, Walks on the Beach, & Needlepoint


Favorite musical….

Little Shop of Horrors


Favorite bands/musicians….

Skid Row, Eagles, Linda Ronstadt,

Richard Marx, Mother Love Bone

& Selena


Bingeing ….

The Americans, Pitch, & Wednesday

Favorite Books…

An American Tragedy, In Cold Blood, & The Dirty Girls Social Club


Favorite Sport…

Baseball. Go Padres!


Favorite Tacos..

Quesa Birria & Carne Guisada


Favorite Vacation Spots..

Kaua’i, Lake Tahoe, & Carmel-by-the-Sea

Have some facts to Share…

110k

Books Sold

22M

Kindle Pages Read

32

Books Written

500

Dogs Saved