Who I Am
I’m a Nebula, Hugo, Sturgeon, and Locus Award-nominated author of fantasy and science fiction. My stories have been published in Uncanny Magazine, Lightspeed Magazine, Strange Horizons, and many other venues, and reprinted in various Year’s Best anthologies. My debut middle grade novel, Benny Ramírez and the Nearly Departed, is scheduled for publication from Knopf Books for Young Readers in spring of 2024. My novel-length fiction is represented by Cameron McClure of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.
Category Archives: teen issues
Last Day of School Selfie
My what interesting times we have lived through. This morning we had a parade honoring our graduating seniors–they drove through the campus with their families, in their decorated cars, recording on their phones and taking selfies, while we waved, clapped, … Continue reading
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“My Writing Process” Blog Hop
YA writer and dear friend Marlana Antifit tagged me on the writing process blog hop that’s been going around, for which I’m so grateful—I genuinely love being tagged in things like this, and yet I seem somehow to be overlooked … Continue reading
Posted in artist's life, bookish life, close to home, rants, storytelling, teen issues, the latino thing, writing
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Is everybody insecure?
When I was in middle school and high school, it never occurred to me that other people might be as insecure as I was. I don’t think I assumed everyone else had it all together–I was just too absorbed in … Continue reading
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