Ariel Delgado Dixon was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey. She is the author of two novels, Sourland (Random House, 2026) and Don't Say We Didn't Warn You (Random House, 2022).

Her work has received support from Yaddo, the Studios of Key West, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and as the Community Library's Hemingway Writer-in-Residence. She lives in Western Massachusetts, where she teaches writing and works in farming.