Press

Articles, Interviews and Media

• On August 19, 2023, Scott Simon interviewed David Álvarez and me for NPR’s Weekend Edition about our book Ancient Night.
• On June 9, 2023, the Castle Talk podcast featured an interview with Guadalupe García McCall and me about our book Secret of the Moon Conch.
• On June 1, 2023, The Nerd Daily featured a conversation between Guadalupe García and me about our book Secret of the Moon Conch.
• On March 18, 2023, the Cryptid Creator Corner podcast interviewed Héctor Rodríguez and me about Black Demon Tales and other Chispa projects.
• On March 10, 2023, Canvas Rebel interviewed me.
• On September 3, 2022, Scott Simon interviewed me for NPR’s Weekend Edition about my book They Call Her Fregona.
• On August 30, 2022, The Washington Post published an article about my appearance at the National Book Festival.
• On August 30, 2022, the LA Public Library posted a bilingual interview with me to promote the LA Libros Festival
• On May 24, 2022, Claire Storey interviewed me for World Kid Lit.
• On May 6, 2022, Norma Martínez interviewed Erika Meza and me for the Fronteras program on Texas Public Radio about our book My Two Border Towns.
• On February 28, 2022, librarian and author John Schu interviewed me for his blog, where we revealed the cover for They Call Her Fregona.
• The Horror Writers Association interviewed me for Latinx Heritage Month 2021.
• On September 14, 2021, Publishers Weekly posted a chat between illustrator Erika Meza and me for their In Coversation series.
• On September 8, 2021, Kirkus Reviews published an interview with me about my debut picture book My Two Border Towns.
• On August 11, 2021, The Picturebooking Podcast posted an interview with me about my debut picture book My Two Border Towns
• On June 14, 2021, The Qwillery posted an interview with me about my space opera series The Path.
• On April 16, 2021, professor Aixa Pérez-Prado interviewed me for From the Mixed-up Files…
• On March 9, 2021, kidlit scholar Edith Campbell interviewed me for her blog, CrazyQuiltEdi.
• On December 9, 2020, Jason Henderson interviewed me for the Castle Talk podcast about challenging the literary canon.
• Frederick Luis Aldama interviewed me for American Book Review, Volume 41, Number 6 (September/October 2020)
• The Texas Standard interviewed me on October 16, 2020, about my series 13TH STREET.
• On October 13, 2020, as part of Nerdtino Expo, Monomythic interviewed me about my Mesoamerica-inspired work.
• Mandalit del Barco interviewed me for an article and segment of NPR’s All Things Considered that appeared on September 28, 2020. 
• On July 3, 2020, Jason Henderson interviewed me for the Castle Talk podcast about my 13th Street series.
• The Monitor released a story about my involvement in #DignidadLiteraria on February 3, 2020.
• I was a guest on NPR’s 1A show on January 27, 2020.
• On May 6, 2019, Maria Salvadore interviewed me for her Page by Page blog a Reading Rockets.
• On April 24, 2019, I was interviewed for the Keep the Channel Open podcast. 
• On March 28, 2019, Publishers Weekly put out an article on The Chupacabras of the Río Grande.
• On February 21, 2019, an interview with me (in Spanish) was published on México Punto Com.
• On February 20, 2019, an article about me appeared on the UTRGV website.
• On February 17, 2019, an interview with me appeared in Lone Star Literary Life.
• On February 6, 2019, Daniel Olivas interviewed me for The Millions.
• On January 22, 2019, an article about my writing of Güero appeared in The Monitor.
• On January 7, 2019, I appeared on The Bastard Title Podcast, being interviewed by Ángel Luis Colón. 
• On November 5, 2018, The Rider featured an interview with me.
• On September 7, 2018, the Texas Standard released a feature on my latest book: “In ‘They Call Me Güero,’ Poetry Brings Light To The Life Of A Valley Kid“
• On July 13, 2018, I appeared on the New World Witchery Podcast to discuss border folklore and Mesoamerican myth.
• On July 5, 2018, Jason Henderson interviewed Guadalupe García McCall and me about the translation into Spanish of Summer of the Mariposas for the Castle Talk podcast.
• On June 5, 2018, Jason Henderson interviewed me about Feathered Serpent: Dark Heart of Sky for the Castle Talk podcast. 
• On April 5, 2018, The Rivard Report featured an interview with me in an article about the San Antonio Book Festival.
• On January 18, 2018, Publishers Weekly discussed my book Feathered Serpent: Dark Heart of Sky as one of the books to look for at the American Booksellers Association’s Winter Institute.
• On November 12, 2017, Lone Star Literary ran a profile on me as part of their Lone Star Listens series.
• On October 4, 2017, the Our Voces blog ran a profile on me for Hispanic Heritage Month.
• On June 1, 2017, I was interviewed by Scott Nicolay for the Outer Dark podcast.
• I was part of a round table of Mexican-American authors interviewed by Maya Sisneros of Aunt Lute Books on May 4, 2017.
• On February 6, 2017, the second part of my appearance on the This Is Horror Podcast went live.
• On January 30, 2017, the first part of my appearance on the This Is Horror Podcast went live.
• On December 28, 2016, an article about me appeared in the Metro Leader Newspaper.
• The Castle of Horror podcast interviewed me on November 16, 2016.
• On November 8, 2016, I spoke to Dee and Dan on the Phenomena Encountered podcast.
• An article in the Valley Morning Star discusses my book Ghosts of the Rio Grande Valley.
• The Laurie P. Andrews PAWS Center interviewed me on October 27, 2016.
• Here’s video of my October 15, 2016 appearance at the Mission Historical Museum.
• I am one of 20 authors contributing advice to the Writers’ Craft Talk episode of This Is Horror. 
• Video of the author presentation I did for B-Fest (a national teen book festival) at Barnes & Noble Northcross on June 12, 2016.
• The Castle of Horror podcast interviewed me on April 20, 2016.
• Video of my presentation “The Border X-Files” from the 2015 Edinburg “Out of this World” UFO Conference is now up on YouTube.
• La Bloga did a nice review of my work on my birthday
• Article from The Monitor about the selection The Smoking Mirror as a Pura Belpé Honor Book
• Article from NBC News about the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards, including the selection of my novel The Smoking Mirror as a Pura Belpré Honor Book.
• Audio of an author panel at the 2015 McAllen Book Festival that featured David Rice, Sarah Cortez and me discussing writing, editing, and mentoring other writers.
• Audio of an author panel at the 2015 McAllen Book Festival that featured Xavier Garza, Ray Villareal and me talking about books, scary stories, and wrestling.
• On October 6, 2015, I gave a talk titled “Story and Identity: Moving Beyond the Self” at TEDx McAllen
• Audio of most of my October 2015 presentation at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley as part of Hispanic Heritage Month.
• In July of 2015, The Monitor talked to me about my YA fantasy novel The Smoking Mirror
• In May of 2015, the genre website GeekaChicas interviewed me about my work, Latinos in genre fiction, the Hugos, and much more.
• The May 20, 2015 Laredo Morning Times featured articles in English and Spanish about my writing and school visits.
• A recording of my May 2015 presentation to teens at McAllen High School.
• Author and editor Sabrina Vourvoulias interviewed me on April 10, 2015 for the magazine Al Día
• An interview of me conducted in March of 2015 by Ghanaian blogger Geoffrey “Geosi” Gyasi
• The online Latino literary magazine Somos en escrito published an excerpt from The Smoking Mirror 
• Website The Mimeograph has an article featuring my work.
• Author Jason Henderson interviewed me on February 17, 2015 for the Castle of Horror Podcast.
• A video about literacy night at Veterans Middle School in Donna ISD featuring an interview with me about my reading and presentation.
• An article from the October 4, 2014 edition of the Laredo Morning Times discussing my author visit to Los Obispos Middle School.
• I was a guest panelist on the podcast Castle of Horror on September 23, 2014. Here’s the podcast, in which we discuss the film Exorcist: The Beginning
• Several mentions are made of Mexican Bestiary in the article “Magical Realist Moments in Malín Alegía’s Border Town Series” by Amy Cummins and Tiffany Cano, published in Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature, Volume 52, Number 3, July 2014. Here’s a PDF version for your reading pleasure.
• The City of Donna posted a video of my keynote speech for the dedication and unveiling of the Donna Hooks Fletcher statue on May 5, 2014
• An article from The Monitor on my winning the Texas Institute of Letters Translation Award
• Monsters and Mysteries in American, Season 2, Episode 8, featuring an interview with me and a recreation of one of my stories (here’s the iTunes version).
• Interview in the February 13, 2014 edition of The Monitor concerning my national TV appearance.
• Article in The Monitor about the Flower, Song, Dance event from September 19, 2013
• Interview on radio program Corazón Bilingüe from January 13, 2013
• Presentation on Mexican Bestiary at the Museum of South Texas History on September 16, 2012 (Video)