Her favorite authors were Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Selma Lagerlöf, and their work formed the basis of her inspiration to write stories.
From a very young age she was extremely interested in literature. Alicia Morel was born on 26 July 1921, to a very well-educated family in which she was the eldest of six children.