LOVE & MAGIC: TEEN ROMANTASY

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
| Location of Session: Coates Chapel
Young Adult (YA) Sessions

Start of Signing: 2:30 PM
| Signing Location: Young Readers Signing Tent

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About the Event

Carnival Fantástico by Angela Montoya is an unputdownable romantasy following a young woman posing as a fortune teller at a magical traveling carnival, where the handsome boy who once broke her heart resurfaces and warns her that the carnival is more sinister than it appears. In Salvación by Sandra Proudman, Lola de La Peña becomes the masked heroine Salvación in order to save her family and town from a man who would destroy it for the magic it contains… if she doesn’t fall in love with a boy in his company first. Celebrate Latine culture, spell-binding teen fantasy, and talented authors in this powerhouse session.

About the Authors

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Angela Montoya

Angela Montoya has been obsessed with the magic of storytelling since she was a little girl. She hasn’t seen a day without a book in her hand, a show tune in her mind, or a movie quote on her lips. She is the author of Sinner’s Isle and A Cruel Thirst. When she isn’t lost in the world of words, Angela can be found hiding away on her small farm in Northern California, where she’s busy bossing around her partner and their two children, as well as a host of animals. Angela’s latest book is Carnival Fantástico.

Photo Credit: Joe Proudman

Sandra Proudman

Sandra Proudman is the editor of the young-adult Latinx science-fiction and fantasy anthology Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories and a contributor to the young-adult horror anthology The House Where Death Lives.

She is also a literary agent, passionate about bringing underrepresented voices to the forefront. When not busily immersed in all things publishing, she can be found spending time with her amazing husband and adorable toddler, gathering roly-polies and going on adventures, catching up on all her shows, or trying to get the perfect tortilla puff.

Salvación is her first full-length novel.

Moderator

Esperanza Flores Garza

Esperanza Flores Garza is a Tejana Mestiza teacher librarian at Irving Dual Language Academy in the historic Westside of her hometown, San Antonio, Texas. She loves the springtime when her work promoting literacy and learning expands to the larger community when she judges children’s poetry for the San Antonio Public Library’s Young Pegasus Poetry contest and contributes to the San Antonio Book Festival as a member of the SABF Advisory Board. Esperanza lives with her children, fighting off raccoons, and making music any chance she gets.