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Patricia Santos Marcantonio

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in Pueblo, The United States

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https://www.patriciamarcantonio.com/

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Fiction, Children's, Horror

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Catch-22, comic books, FAIRY TALES, Mexican stories my parents told me ...more

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Patricia Marcantonio (who also writes as Patricia Santos Marcantonio) is the author of the Felicity Carrol mystery series (Crooked Lane Books); courtroom drama Verdict in the Desert and YA Trini’s Magic Kitchen (Arte Público Press, the largest US publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by US Hispanic authors); YA novel Best Amigas (Fitzroy Books) a 2024 Américas Award Commended Title for Young Adult Fiction; and Misbehaving at Cactus Lanes (One More Chapter/HarperCollins.) She spent many years as a news reporter covering crime and courts and has won several journalism awards. She is also a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and received Alexa Rose Foundation Grants for her plays, Tears for Llorona and Starring Jane Eyre. P ...more

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	Felicity Carrol and the Murderous Menace (Felicity Carrol Mystery #2) by Patricia Santos Marcantonio (Goodreads Author), Patricia Marcantonio 3.82 avg rating — 417 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Ridin' in the Hood: and Other Cuentos by Patricia Santos Marcantonio (Goodreads Author), Renato Alarcao (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Misbehaving at Cactus Lanes: Laugh out loud with this heartwarming novel that blends humourous fiction and romance over 60! 3.93 avg rating — 44 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Verdict in the Desert 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under the Blood Moon 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Time for a scare with ‘If Blood Asks’

In time for Hispanic Heritage Month, Halloween and Day of the Dead, welcome to Guadalupe, New Mexico in my new book, “IF BLOOD ASKS.”

Everything’s going to hell in Guadalupe, New Mexico.
A woman gives birth to a demon at a park.
A boy disappears from a swimming pool.
Rattlesnakes invade the once quiet town.
And it only gets worse with a string of bizarre murders starting with the flaying of a county

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