About the Author

Writer and counselor Sal Mirabal has dedicated his life to helping at-risk youth. He studied at California State University, the University of Southern California, and Loyola Marymount University and received master's degrees in education, counseling, and educational psychology.

Mirabal has lived most of his adult in Los Angeles, California. He is the author of Sotol, a fictional novel. The first of the series. He incorporates Chicano culture in his novels. His fiction earned an honorable mention at the Writers' Day Festival at Mt. San Antonio College.