PUBLICATIONS
Even the Darkness has Stars
To be released September 18, 2026
What happens when life feels too heavy to carry?
When her best friend leaves, her mother walks away, and high school becomes one disappointment after another, Margot creates a way to shut out the pain. But the more she tries to escape her feelings, the more she loses herself.
A powerful and heartfelt upper YA novel about mental health, family, grief, healing, and finding hope when everything seems impossible.
Octogenarian
Bright Flash Literary Review, May 2026
And it Was Good
Chthonic Lit Winter 2026 Vol. 1 Issue 2
Hanging on a Cliff
Transition Magazine (CMHA) Fall /Winter 2025/26
Forward Go
Of the Book, September 2025
Harachaman
Judith Magazine, September 2025
Ole
Everyday Fiction, January 2024
BIO
Elana Shira Segal is a writer living in Toronto, Canada. Her debut novel, Even the Darkness has Stars will be published in September, 2026 with Canadian publisher Evernight Teen. In addition to writing, Elana has worked as a therapist for three decades. She is also an amateur ceramacist.
Elana is passionate about words and finding just the right turn of phrase to capture a moment or a feeling. As a therapist, she has spent her life working with people to help them understand the narratives that inform their lives. Through writing, she creates and imagines the lives of her characters and shapes their narratives into meaningful, impactful stories.
