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Viola Canales (b. April 21, 1957)) is an American writer originally from McAllen, Texas. She has published a short story collection, Orange Candy Slices and Other Secret Tales (2001), and a novel, The Tequila Worm (2005), for which she won the Pura Belpré Award in 2006.

Canales attended St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin, Harvard College, and Harvard Law School. She has been a captain in the US Army, a litigator, and an official in the Clinton Administration.

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Average rating: 3.74 · 443 ratings · 105 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Tequila Worm 3.75 avg rating — 434 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Orange Candy Slices: And Other Secret Tales 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	El Gusano de Tequila 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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“Stop thinking that nuns are sweet and kind like Maria in The Sound of Music. That's just a movie. Think of the evil old bruja in 'Hansel and Gretal.”
― Viola Canales, The Tequila Worm

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