“Stories can heal, and we are in desperate need of...

“Stories can heal, and we are in desperate need of healing.”

—Alexis Daria is a native New Yorker, former NaNoWriMo Municipal Liaison, and award-winning author writing stories about successful Latinx characters and their (occasionally messy) familias. Her debut Take the Lead won the 2018 RITA® Award for “Best First Book” and was one of the “Best Romance Novels of 2017” in The Washington Post and Entertainment Weekly. Her super powers include spotting celebrities in NYC, winning Broadway ticket lotteries, and live-tweeting.

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