Alena Dillon is the author of Mercy House, a Library Journal Best Book of 2020, The Happiest Girl in the World, a Good Morning America pick, My Body Is A Big Fat Temple, a memoir of pregnancy and early parenting, and Eyes Turned Skyward. 

Alena’s work has appeared in publications including The Daily Beast, LitHub, River Teeth, Slice Magazine, The Rumpus, and Bustle.

She also supports families as a postpartum doula at Open Book Postpartum.

She teaches creative writing and lives on the north shore of Boston with her husband, children, black lab, and lots of books.