New Voices: Alda P. Dobbs & Debbie Zapata Create Books Inspired by Family

By Gayleen Rabakukk

Spotlight image: Debbie Zapata reads Up and Adam, illustrated by Yong Ling Kang (Kids Can Press, 2022) with the assistance of an American Sign Language Interpreter for a group at an Austin park.

Today we welcome two Texas authors to Cynsations to share their path to publication for books inspired by their own families. Alda P. Dobbs‘ debut novel, The Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Sourcebooks, 2021) was selected as a Pura Belpré Honor Book and is a current Texas Bluebonnet s...