Oct
21
1:00am
Virtual Event - Sara Farizan, Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz
By Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore
SARA FARIZAN is an Iranian American writer, avid culture vulture, and ardent basketball fan who was born in and lives near Boston. The award-winning author of IF YOU COULD BE MINE and HERE TO STAY, she has an MFA from Lesley University and a BA in film and media studies from American University. DEAD FLIP is her fourth novel.
YAMILE SAIED MÉNDEZ is a fútbol obsessed Argentine-American and the author of FURIA. An inaugural Walter Dean Myers Grant and a New Visions Award Honor recipient, she’s also a graduate of Voices of Our Nations (VONA) and the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adult program. She’s a founding member of Las Musas, a marketing collective of women and non-binary Latinx children’s authors. She lives in Utah with her husband, five kids, two adorable dogs, and one majestic cat.
AMPARO ORTIZ is the author of BLAZEWRATH GAMES and DRAGONBLOOD RING (Page Street Kids). She was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and currently lives on the island’s northeastern coast. When she’s not teaching ESL, she’s streaming Kpop videos, vlogging for her eponymous YouTube channel, and writing about worlds both contemporary and fantastical.
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