Born in 1987 in France, Arana Ciel's writing explores deep themes such as love and attachment, life and death, soul and spirit.Arana studied storytelling at The Mezrab Storytelling school of Amsterdam where she wrote her first show, performed at the Podium Mozaiek theater of Amsterdam. She also studied creative writing with The Writers Studio of Amsterdam; and acting at the Studio Théâtre of Geneva in Switzerland; and later studied acting for movies and script writing at the Florence Movie Academy in Florence, Italy, where she co-wrote the screenplay LA TOURISTE.In 2015, she graduated from UWS the University of the West of Scotland where she obtained her Bachelors Degree in Art in Commercial Music. ÉLUCIA'S GARDEN is her first novella and is the first part of the DILIGITIS series. Arana is currently writing the second book, LUMEN'S CASTLE.She is dealing with dyslexia, which has given her a great imagination from which she draws all her inspiration. She is a passionate hypersensitive person who is strongly guided by her instinct and intuition. She also admires symbolism, which is reflected in her writing, and she sees stories as a valuable tool to open the minds and understand life a little more.Arana Ciel resides in Florence, Italy.