Alicia Rose Parlette (January 11, 1982 – April 22, 2010) was a journalist and copy editor who was diagnosed with alveolar soft part sarcoma in 2005 while employed by the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper. After learning of being afflicted with this rare form of cancer, Parlette began a diary of her treatment titled "Alicia's Story", the first installment of which was carried by the San Francisco Chronicle on June 5, 2005. The series won Parlette the Laxalt Distinguished Writer Award in 2005. The first seven installments of the series were published as a book of the same name in 2005.