In conjunction with Estudio Tlalli, I have established THE PATH GRANT, which will award annual $2500 prizes to new and emerging BIPOC women writers of speculative fiction. Depending on funding, between two and ten recipients will be selected by a panel of judges by December 15th of each year. Funds…
Estudio Tlalli has wrapped up the cover for The Deepest Green, Book Two of The Path, my space opera quartet. All royalties from the series underwrite THE PATH GRANT, which provides $2500 prizes to emerging women writers from communities of color. Here’s the cover! Information The Deepest Green Book Two…
I’m so excited to share that They Call Me Güero has a new home … and a sequel on the way! Kokila will be publishing They Call Her Fregona, which delves into the life of Joanna Padilla and her relationship with Güero, the narrator of the first book. The reprint…
Thrilled to share a book trailer and the cover for both the English and Spanish versions of The Witch Owl Parliament, Volume 1 of Clockwork Curandera, the new graphic novel series co-created by Raúl the Third and me that drops this October from Tu Books. First, the covers! And here’s…
In conjunction with Estudio Tlalli, I am establishing THE PATH GRANT, which will award annual $2500 prizes to new and emerging BIPOC women writers of speculative fiction. To fund the grant, I am donating all of my royalties from my space opera quartet THE PATH (The Blue-Spangled Blue, The Deepest…
On Wednesday, February 17, Tor(dot)com revealed the cover of The Blue-Spangled Blue, book one of The Path, my new BIPOC space opera. We have since updated the image on the cover. Here’s the new version! Series description: Humanity stands at a crossroads. Our next steps will either lead us over…
So excited to share the cover for my debut picture book My Two Border Towns, illustrated by Erika Meza, being released simultaneously in Spanish as Mis Dos Pueblos Fronterizos by Kokila on August 24, 2021. A description of the book: Early one Saturday morning, a boy prepares for a trip to the…
Exciting news: Castle Bridge Media has bought my BIPOC-futurist space opera quartet THE PATH (formerly named D’Angelo Chronicles.) Revised versions of the first three books (briefly self-published a decade ago) will drop quarterly in 2021 with stunning new cover art by Cody Jimenez. Then the series will wrap up in…
My award-winning book Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico is now available in a beautiful Spanish translation from Vintage Español (Penguin Random House). Order your copy of Serpiente Emplumada, Corazón del Cielo today! It’s perfect for that special relative or Spanish-speaking student.
I’m so delighted to reveal that my debut picture book My Two Border Towns will be out next summer from Penguin Random House’s Kokila imprint … featuring the amazing art of Erika Meza. Huge shout out to my agent, Taylor Martindale Kean, and my editor, Joanna Cárdenas.
