Some people are born knowing exactly where they belong. Alicia Brattin has always belonged to South Louisiana — to its slow rivers and sudden storms, its Spanish moss and ghost stories, its particular magic of beauty wrapped around grief.
She grew up here, fell in love with books here, and learned somewhere between the bayous and the classroom that stories are the most honest thing a person can leave behind.
It was a high school English teacher who first told her that her writing was worth something. She picked up a pen and never put it down.
Alicia holds a B.A. in English Education from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and she now does what she loves most — teaching English and History to high school students, sharing her obsession with literature and the past with the next generation of readers and thinkers.
When she isn’t in the classroom, she’s painting, researching Louisiana history, writing poetry, or wandering deeper into the fictional shadows of Cypress Mills — the Louisiana town that lives in her imagination and refuses to be quiet.
Her poetry is for those who feel everything a little too deeply. Her novels are for those who love a mystery with roots, secrets with consequences, and a Southern setting that breathes like a living thing.
She lives in Louisiana with her husband, her son, and two cats who likely know more than they let on.
Alicia Brattin grew up in South Louisiana and fell in love with reading. While in high school, she met an English teacher who encouraged her writing, so she picked up a pen and never put it down. She has a B.A. in English Education from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Currently, she teaches English and History, sharing her love of literature and the past with her high school students. Obsessed with all things Louisiana, literary, romantic, and gothic, she spends her days researching Louisiana history, painting, writing poetry, and working on her Cypress Mills novels. She lives with her husband, son, and two adorable cats.
Black Ink and Parchment 