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Writing Lena and Dimas’s story was a healing process for me. Through them, I could explore the idea of what it would be like if fate could be controlled, if it was a tangible thing that could be woven to ones will – and what that would mean to the people of the world this was possible in.
It’s my hope that young readers, whether you have a name for yourselves or not, feel seen and held by Briar and Finn. Like them, you’re here, and you exist.
To echo Guatemalan Archbishop Gerardi’s words, “Knowing the truth is painful, but liberating. Without it, the scars will never heal.”
Why do none of us, including many, if not most, Puerto Ricans, know so little about our own mythology?
Books shaped my life, and in gratitude, I try to make books for young readers that show what it’s like to live under an oppressive regime.
My upcoming novel, If Looks Could Kill, pits a modern yet mythical Medusa against the real-life, true-crime, name-unknown murderer we call Jack the Ripper.
Courage reaches very directly to the heart of why I write. It’s not easy navigating the teen years.
Obviously, every parent has their own version of these issues; these are just some of ours. But it’s a delicate balance, and we’re well aware of our risk of wobbling a bit as we try to strike it.
I was almost finished writing “The Picasso Curse” when the theme of the book occurred to me—decision anxiety.
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