Category Archives: Author Q&A
Meet novelist Meg Medina, author of “The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind”
Meg Medina began telling stories at a young age. Now she’s won awards and devoted audiences for those stories. The Cuban-American writer released her new young adult novel, The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind, (Candlewick Press) earlier this week. … Continue reading
Filed under 2012 Books, Author Q&A, Children's Books, Fiction, Young Adult Books
Meet novelist Julia Amante, author of “Say You’ll Be Mine”
Julia Amante, right, writes about ordinary women facing extraordinary situations. Amante’s most recent book, Say You’ll Be Mine, was released last year. Her first book, Evening at the Argentine Club, was published in 2009. The daughter of Argentine immigrants, she … Continue reading
Filed under Author Q&A, Fiction
Meet storyteller Joe Hayes, the man behind “La Llorona”
Halloween is approaching, and that means many storytellers will be weaving the famous Hispanic scary story of La Llorona, the weeping woman who drowned her children and looks for them along rivers and canals. The folktale, especially popular in Texas, … Continue reading
Filed under Author Q&A, Children's Books, Classic Books
Meet novelist Lyn Di Iorio
Some people fear Afro-Caribbean religions. But Lyn Di Iorio is intrigued by them – so much so that her first book, Outside the Bones, focuses on the mysterious practices. Her novel was released last month by Arte Público Press. Di … Continue reading
Filed under 2011 Books, Author Q&A, Fiction
Meet novelist Guadalupe Garcia McCall
The seeds for Guadalupe Garcia McCall’s career as a novelist began in school, when her teachers encouraged her to become a writer. McCall’s first young adult novel, Under the Mesquite, was published earlier this month by Lee & Low Books. … Continue reading
Filed under 2011 Books, Author Q&A, Fiction, Young Adult Books
Meet journalist Edgar Sandoval
In his 1982 song “Allentown,” Billy Joel sang about a town that factory workers were leaving to find new opportunities. Since then, Latinos have immigrated to the Pennsylvania city and make up 25 percent of Allentown’s population. New York Daily … Continue reading
Filed under Author Q&A, Non-Fiction
Meet Screenwriter Alvaro Rodriguez
Alvaro Rodriguez is the pen behind a border-set exploitation film, a frenetic kids’ movie and a vampire western, among others. Rodriguez co-wrote the screenplay for this year’s hit movie, Machete, as well as 2009’s Shorts, and 1999’s From Dusk Till … Continue reading
Filed under Author Q&A, Movies
