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Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra

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I'm María Elena Alonso-Sierra, and I write award-winning stories shaped by place, secrets, and the quiet moments when everything changes. My novels are born from a life lived across borders—an international upbringing, years spent traveling and living abroad, and a deep love for the cities, streets, and hidden corners where stories like to linger.
My international suspense novels, The Coin and The Book of Hours, explore paths I know well, being far from home, adding a sense of danger, intrigue, discovery, and unease that finds its way onto every page.
My short literary fiction collection, The Fish Tank: And Other Short Stories, explore a wide range of voices and genres, including deeply personal tales inspired by my experience of exile and th
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Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra I was awake, yet frozen, my body lax, without will of movement, without stimulus, yet aware. And when the spark reached me, when it embedded itself wi…moreI was awake, yet frozen, my body lax, without will of movement, without stimulus, yet aware. And when the spark reached me, when it embedded itself within the soft folds of my nightgown, I knew my death would be torture--a spontaneous combustion death, where my body would be consumed by a slow burn for many agonizing hours.(less)
Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra How about many? With my mind, I can turn any event in my life into a mystery. Something about plotting all the time.
But, seriously, I have a few momen…more
How about many? With my mind, I can turn any event in my life into a mystery. Something about plotting all the time.
But, seriously, I have a few moments in life where I could even have been the mystery. When I was living in New York (way back when--and this will definitely date me), I used to walk home alone from the subway late at night. There was a moment where the Son of Sam was picking victims in my neighborhood, and I actually fit the victimology (physically speaking). So, I could have been stalked by a serial killer and the plot would involve the detective desperately trying to find the killer before he got me. Hopefully it would be my Detective Nick Larson (the novel about him and his love, Laura Howard, will be coming out sometime September this year).
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The Coin

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A Flower from Keanu by Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra
"A Flower from Keanu by Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra is a small-town romantic suspense novella set in Hidden Glen, where florist Cassandra Finlay is trying to rebuild herself after grief, abandonment, and years of quiet endurance. When Keanu Rivers retur" Read more of this review »
A Flower from Keanu by Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra
"I enjoyed this book. From reading the first few pages I was into the story and connected because I also have had both of my parents pass and feeling that loneliness in the world can be heart shattering at times but like Cassandra I refuse to let it c" Read more of this review »
A Flower from Keanu by Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra
"A Flower From Keanu by Maria Elena Alonson-Sierra is a beautiful but gut wrenchingly sweet romance that will have you invested from the moment you read the blurb. I'm not huge on this genre, but this author may just change my mind. I really enjoyed t" Read more of this review »
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"A Flower From Keanu is a wonderfully written small-town romance by Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra. She is a first time author for me, and I fell in love with the town of Hidden Glen and its inhabitants. This “novella" is still 230 pages so reads like a fu" Read more of this review »
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“He scanned her face quickly and recognized anger rather than fear.
"Are you insane?" His whisper was rough. "This could be a set up."
"And allow this sack of refuse to violate my home undisturbed?" She pushed at him. "No way."
"Listen." Richard refused to budge. "We are at a slight disadvantage here. I don't have a gun."
"But I have knives. The kitchen is at the end of this room, remember?”
Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra, The Coin

“This is part of my heritage, my identity. Normally, people don't understand, even think it sounds stupid, but it is important to me. We were stripped of so many things.”
Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra, The Coin

“Richard looked at her stubborn jaw, her defiant eyes, and could not decide whether to admire her for her courage or to scoff at her utter lack of common survival sense. "You stick to me..."
"Like flypaper.”
Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra, The Coin

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