MY ABUELA IS A BRUJA

Mayra Cuevas is an award-winning author and journalist. Her young-adult novel Does My Body Offend You? (cowritten with Marie Marquardt) was longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award, named a Book All Young Georgians Should Read, and appeared in multiple Best Books lists. In 2023, she was named Georgia Author of the Year (young-adult category). Mayra is also the author of the teen foodie rom-com Salty, Bitter, Sweet and the short story “Resilient,” published as part of the anthology Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate the Magic of Reading and Writing YA. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Mayra is a former award-winning CNN producer and now a creative-writing professor. She also cofounded the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival and its Latinx Storytellers Conference. Mayra keeps her sanity by practicing modern Buddhism and meditation. She splits her time between Atlanta and Puerto Rico.

Mayra’s debut picture book, My Abuela Is a Bruja, earned three starred reviews and was released to wide critical acclaim.