I’m part of Trespass, a collection of stories about animal instincts, human folly, and survival. The collection includes Jeff Vandermeer, Stephen Graham Jones, Karen Russell, Tochi Onyebuchi and Carmen Maria Machado. My story, “The Tiger Came to the Mountains,” is set during the Mexican Revolution. Trespass comes out February 24, 2022 in electronic and audio formats.
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau has a cover, courtesy of Faceout Studios. You can pre-order it through your favourite store. The quiet lives of Carlota Moreau and her father’s animal hybrids are altered with the arrival of a stranger. Set in 19th century Mexico, this is both a science fiction and historical novel. Please add to your to-read …
Velvet Was the Night hits bookstore today. This simmering, 1970s noir has received four starred reviews from Booklist, PW, Kirkus, LJ. BookPage says “it’s a book that will keep you up late into the night—not just for its intricate plotting but also for the two souls pulsing at its core.” Kirkus calls it “a noir …
The Beautiful Ones, originally released four years ago, makes a return to bookstores today. Available in paperback, e-book and audio courtesy of Tor, it’s proof that a writer’s career is not like going up an escalator, but more like running on a treadmill. That is to say: who knew my older books would get a …
My upcoming novel, Velvet Was the Night, has a book cover, courtesy of Faceout Studio. Mini description: A stylish noir about crime, passion, and murder set against the backdrop of protest and political drama in 1970s Mexico. Release date is August 17, 2021. This is not a speculative book, but straight up noir. This marks …
I’ll technically have five books out in 2021. Here is the info about what they are all about. Untamed Shore: Released in 2020 in hardcover, it is coming out in paperback. This is a noir set in a shark fishing village. It got rave reviews but came out from a small press so you might …
Mexican Gothic has been optioned for TV. Hulu, ABC Signature Studios and Milojo Productions will adapt it for the small screen as a limited series. This couldn’t have happened without the excellent word of mouth. If you have enjoyed and reviewed the book (or upvoted other reviews), thank you so much. If you haven’t, please do. It really …
Next week is the release of Mexican Gothic. You can download a book club kit, which contains, among other things, a paper doll of the protagonist. There’s a playlist inspired by the novel on Spotify if you want to listen to music. The book has been featured in a variety of outlets, including Oprah Magazine, where …
Mexican Gothic has a cover reveal and sample chapter over at Entertainment Weekly. In brief: A 1950s socialite journeys to an isolated mansion in the Mexican countryside to figure out what happened to her cousin. Spookiness ensues. Pre-order now, out summer 2020. Best SFF of the Year The second instalment of my column with Lavie Tidhar at The Washington …
This essay first appeared in SFX magazine. There is a well-known nugget of advice for writers: show, don’t tell. This is an incomplete notion: show, don’t tell… unless telling is better. Of course, no advice or how-to-manual is supposed to provide iron-clad pronouncements, yet sometimes people behave as though this was the case and sadly …
In the past few weeks since the release of Gods of Jade and Shadow I’ve received a number of messages (one every few days) asking if there would be a sequel. Rather than retyping my answer over and over, I figured I’d write this and fans could see this note if they wander onto my …
Gods of Jade and Shadow will be out in four months and it’s time for another post about the book. This time, it comes with a handy dandy illustration by Mexican artist Monarobot, which I commissioned. Why owls? Well, two owls appear in the novel and serve as messengers. But before you start talking about …
To the pre-Columbian K’iche’ people Xibalba, the Place of Fear, was an underground kingdom which was ruled by several underworld lords who were responsible for inflicting illnesses and deaths. In fact, the original title of my upcoming novel Gods of Jade and Shadow (out August 6, 2019) was Lords of Xibalba. As James L. Fitzsimmons indicates in …
I have my first non-speculative book coming out next year. It’s a noir set in a Mexican shark fishing village in the 70s mixed with a dark coming of age story. The tentative release date is August 2020. The official announcement reads: Locus Award finalist and author of SIGNAL TO NOISE Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s first thriller, …
I have been keeping track of all speculative fiction published by Latin American/Latinx/Chicano writers published in 2018 in English. Caveats: I asked people to submit their own work and added works I knew were coming out, however this may not constitute the entirety of all works. I did not look at graphic novels or comics. However, I …
My next novel, Gods of Jade and Shadow, is out August 2019. From the promotional copy: The Mayan God of Death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey. Mixing the excitement of the Roaring Twenties with Prehispanic mythology, Gods of Jade and Shadow is a vivid, wildly imaginative historical fantasy. Pre-order: Amazon: https://amzn.to/2r55vRZ …
