I’m so delighted that my first collaboration with Guadalupe García McCall is out today! Secret of the Moon Conch is a memorable blend of timeless romance, rousing adventure, well researched historical fiction, and deeply felt social commentary. In 1521, Aztec teen Calizto is trapped in his native city of Tenochtitlan…
It’s publication day for ANCIENT NIGHT (and NOCHE ANTIGUA)! Pick up a copy of my critically hailed collaboration with David Álvarez: an interweaving and retelling of timeless tales from Mesoamerica that will leave readers both young and old in peaceful awe at the cosmos.
Available now! My translation of ‘Twas the Night Before Pride—written by Joanna McClintick and illustrated by Juana Medina—into [non-binary] Spanish: LA VÍSPERA DE ORGULLO. A lovely picture book that depicts a queer family preparing for an important holiday. A necessary text in these fraught and often hateful times.
My translation of The Immortal boy (by the incredible Colombian author Francisco Montaña Ibáñez) has been named the 2022 GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Honor Title. The Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) focuses on making world literature more visible for kids and adults. Here’s what they say about themselves:…
My Two Border Towns has won the 2022 Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award! Huge congratulations to my collaborator, illustrator Érika Meza, and the other winners, Yuyi Morales and Daniel Alemán!
Kirkus Reviews has selected My Two Border Towns as one of the Best Picture Books of 2021.
Online and in the November 14, 2021 print edition, the New York Times is featuring My Two Border Towns and three other books that stand out for “Picturing the Power of Community.”
So excited to announce that Mary Kate Castellani at Bloomsbury has acquired world rights to The Moon Conch by Guadalupe García McCall and me, along with a second book tentatively titled Hearts of Fire and Snow. The Moon Conch, a YA fantasy romance, features a young Aztec warrior and a…
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…
