Portia Elan studied history at Stanford University and earned an MFA from the University of Victoria before returning to California, where she has worked as a waitress, bookseller, teacher, and public librarian. She is a former Lambda Literary Fellow and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her wife and an abundance of cats.
Her debut novel Homebound is forthcoming from Scribner (US), S&S Canada, and Chatto & Windus (UK) in Spring 2026.
You can find:
- book reviews, writing updates, and zines on make zines tell stories
- games by Portia on itch.io
- the occasional cat photo on Instagram
Portia is represented by Julie Barer at The Book Group
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