I have a new novel, to be released in 2024 through Penguin Random House, which will be titled The Seventh Veil of Salome. As Publishers Marketplace reports, it is “a historical novel set in 1950s Hollywood, about the making of a sword-and-sandals epic, and the equally epic drama happening backstage.” This is a drama with …
UNTAMED SHORE, my 1970s Baja California noir which originally came out with a small press a few years ago, will be released in a new edition in the USA with a new cover (left image below) on September 19, 2023. It will be available in the UK through Quercus in February 2023 (with a different …
Announcing the release of my next novel, Silver Nitrate, out July 2023. Cover design by Regina Flath.
I will be in the following cities during the rest of 2022. My website always has my latest travel news. San Diego, California Chicago, Illinois Grand Rapids, Michigan Springfield, Missouri Portland, Oregon Eugene, Oregon Miami, Florida Photo by Ross Parmly on Unsplash
Today is the release date of my latest novel, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau. Get it from your favourite book seller. NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. “As alluring as it is unsettling, …
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 …
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 …
My collection This Strange Way of Dying came out five years, but is only now getting an e-book release. So if you ever wanted this and couldn’t find it near you, now’s the chance. My fourth novel, Gods of Jade and Shadow, which combines Mayan mythology and the Jazz age, has a release date of August …
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To celebrate the launch of The Beautiful Ones this October 24, I asked illustrator Sara Bardi to draw the three main characters of my novel. The result are images suitable for coloring, and since adult coloring books are all the rage, well, I hope you enjoy them. Download the mini-coloring book now or look at …
I had been talking with several writers who are members of a group on Facebook about starting a list to track all stories and novels by Latin American SFF authors. Voila, here it is! You can enter new info here. It may take a few minutes for your addition to show up. This list is …
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