It’s happening! Levine Querido will be publishing my YA historical novel The Prince & the Coyote about how the teenage crown prince of Tetzcoco survives the fall of his city and the slaughter of his family, spending years in exile on the run from a tyrant before taking the name…
MY TWO BORDER TOWNS and MIS DOS PUEBLOS FRONTERIZOS have finally been published! Romper featured MY TWO BORDER TOWNS in a round-up of 44 Children’s Books Starring Latinx Characters That Your Kids Will Love! MY TWO BORDER TOWNS was included in Book Riot and Publishers Weekly (852k UVPM)September release round-ups! Publishers Weekly also included MY TWO BORDER TOWNS in their New and Noteworthy Kids Releases and…
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…
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…
