THRILLS & CHILLS: HORROR

10:00 am - 11:00 am
| Location of Session: Latino Collection Resource Center
Adult Sessions

Start of Signing: 11:15 am
| Signing Location: Festival Marketplace

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About the Event

In Tiny Threads, a fashion-obsessed young woman finally has the job she’s always dreamed of – but it’s not too long until she uncovers hideous truths in the shadows of this world of glamour in this supernatural thriller by Lilliam Rivera. In Cynthia Pelayo’s Vanishing Daughters, a serial killer has claimed the lives of fifty-one women in the Chicagoland area, and as a journalist starts to research the killings, she realizes they’re deeply connected with her family’s own fairytales, legends, and past. These authors will discuss grief, the nightmares of real life, and writing social critique through horror.

About the Author

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Cynthia Pelayo

Cynthia Pelayo is the Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Forgotten Sisters, Children of Chicago, and The Shoemaker’s Magician. In addition to writing genre-blending novels that incorporate fairy tale, mystery, detective, crime, and horror elements, Pelayo has written numerous short stories, including the collection Lotería, and the poetry collection Crime Scene. The recipient of the 2021 International Latino Book Award, she holds a master of fine arts in writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She lives in Chicago with her family. Her latest book is Vanishing Daughters: A Thriller.

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Lilliam Rivera

Lilliam Rivera is a MacDowell Fellow and an award-winning author of eight works of fiction: four young adult novels, three middle grade books, and a graphic novel for DC Comics. Her books have been awarded an American Library Association Pura Belpré Award honor and featured on NPR and in The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and multiple “best of” lists. Her novel Never Look Back is slated for a movie adaptation. A Bronx, New York, native, Lilliam Rivera currently lives in Los Angeles. Tiny Threads is her first book for adults.

Moderator

Katie Gutierrez

Katie Gutierrez is the author of the national bestselling novel More Than You’ll Ever Know, which was also a Good Morning America Book Club pick. She is a National Magazine Award finalist whose essays and features have appeared in TIME, Texas Highways, Harper’s Bazaar, and more. She has an MFA from Texas State University and lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband and their two kids, where she is currently working on her second novel.