David Bowles

David Bowles is an award-winning Mexican American author and translator from Texas. His books include The Smoking Mirror, Feathered Serpent Dark Heart of Sky, They Call Me Güero, and They Call Her Fregona. He has been published in The New York Times, School Library Journal, Strange Horizons, English Journal, Rattle, Translation Review, and the Journal of Children’s Literature. In 2017, he was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters, and in 2020, he co-founded #DignidadLiteraria, a social justice movement advocating for greater Latinx representation in publishing. His latest books are The Prince & the Coyote and Secret of the Moon Conch, co-authored with Guadalupe García McCall.

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Schedule Of Events:

- 11:00 am - 11:45 am
HERITAGE AND HISTORY IN YA
- 11:00 am - 11:45 am
- Location of Session: Copper Kitchen
Young Adult (YA) Sessions

HERITAGE AND HISTORY IN YA
- 11:00 am - 11:45 am
- Location of Session: Copper Kitchen
- Start of Signing: 12:00 pm
- Signing Location: Festival Marketplace
- 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
SECRET OF THE MOON CONCH
- 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
- Location of Session: Coates Chapel
Young Adult (YA) Sessions

SECRET OF THE MOON CONCH
- 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
- Location of Session: Coates Chapel
- Start of Signing: 4:00 pm
- Signing Location: Festival Marketplace

Books by David Bowles

Secret of the Moon Conch

In modern-day Mexico, Sitlali is all alone after the death of her beloved abuela. Targeted by a dangerous gang member, she flees to the United States to find her father. The night before her journey, she finds an ancient conch shell on the beach and takes it with her as a memento of home.

In 1521, Calizto is trapped in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, which is besieged by Spanish invaders. He has fought valiantly, but hope for his people is running out. Desperate to escape, he takes up his mother's sacred conch and sounds a plea to the gods.

The conch holds magic neither Sitlali nor Calizto understand, magic that allows them to communicate across centuries--and find comfort in each other as they fight to survive. With each conversation, they fall deeper in love, and as the moon waxes, they become more present to each other. But as danger threatens at every turn, will they ever find a way to truly be together?
The Prince & the Coyote

Mexico. 1418.

Meet Prince Acolmiztli. Puma of the Acolhua People. Heir to his father’s throne. Half Acolhuan, half Mexica. Singer. Warrior. Poet. Sixteen years old.

And now, betrayed. A palace plot, placed by the deadly Tepaneca Empire, kills his mother and siblings, puts his father’s army into retreat, and sends Prince Acolmiztli into a treacherous exile. Battling hunger, snow-swept mountains, and the machinations of the city-states all around him, Prince Acolmiztli vows revenge. It will take years, but he will return to seek justice. And he'll do it with a new name:

Nezahualcoyotl. Fasting Coyote. One of the most legendary figures in history.

From the award-winning David Bowles comes a heart-pounding historical epic that is Gladiator meets the "Song of Achilles" -- "The Count of Monte Cristo" set in pre-Columbian Mexico. Illustrated throughout gorgeously by Amanda Mijangos, "The Prince & the Coyote" brings to life one of Mexico’s most treasured heroes – Nezahualcoyotl – in a story that will thrill readers far and wide.