So thrilled that my translation of The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas was selected as a Batchelder Honor Book by the American Library Association! Shout-out to publisher Levine Querido, writer María García Esperón, editor Nick Thomas, and illustrator Amanda Mijangos!
My Mesoamerican cosmic horror podcast The Obsidian Codex will debut on February 14, 2022 on Spotify and most other platforms. It’s about a Mexican American archeologist who receives an ancient text that could trigger the end of the world. Will his own desperation and academic greed push him to use…
¡Qué emoción! Mis dos pueblos fronterizos was selected as the winner / gold medalist of the Premio Mejor Libro Infantil / Best Spanish Language Picture Book Award by the Spanish Language Affiliate of the Children’s Book Committee at the Bank Street College of Education!
Bank Street College’s Center for Children’s Literature has selected Mis dos pueblos fronterizos as one of The Best Children’s Picture Books of the Year in Spanish. Find the full list here: https://educate.bankstreet.edu/ccl/17/
October 2021 New York Comic ConJavits Center, 429 11th Ave, NYCRoom TBDOctober 7, 2021Time TBD“Feathered Serpents, Brujas, and Sugar Skulls: Understanding LatinX Representation in Pop Culture” James River Writer’s ConferenceOctober 8, 202110:15 am CSTPoint of View PanelThe narrator’s relationship to the story is one of the most important decisions a…
