Mona Gable is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. She is a contributing writer to Prevention. She is the author of the 2014 memoir, "Blood Brother: The Gene That Rocked My Family," published by Shebooks on May 7.Gable's work has appeared in Los Angeles magazine, Fast Company, Pacific Standard, Budget Travel, Salon, Ladies Home Journal, The Huffington Post and other national publications. Since 1990, she has written about social issues, culture, and politics for the Los Angeles Times. In 2006, her story in the Los Angeles Times Sunday magazine on domestic violence in LA's Korean-American community received a Neiman Notable Narrative mention from Harvard.Her essays have appeared in several anthologies, including "The Maternal is Political: Women Writers at the Intersection of Motherhood and Social Change" and "Mothers Who Think: Tales of Real-Life Parenthood."Gable grew up in San Diego, California, and is a graduate of UC Berkeley. She has two children.