Author Visit and Craft Talk from Mass Book Award-Winner Crystal Maldonado
In a talk intended for aspiring writers, Crystal will offer advice for those hoping to break into the publishing world and details on her journey as a writer. She will also speak about her work to foster diversity and inclusion through her books, which explore body politics, Latine and queer identity, chronic illness and neurodivergence, relationships, complex familial dynamics, love, and so much more.
This program is sponsored by the Mass Book Awards Speakers Bureau and is presented in collaboration with the Massachusetts Center for the Book.
Crystal Maldonado is a young adult author with a lot of feelings. She is the author of romcoms for fat, brown girls, including The Fall of Whit Rivera, which People Magazine called a “pumpkin-spice-latte-flavored treat” (Winner of the 2024 Mass Book Award in the Young Adult category); Fat Chance, Charlie Vega, which was a New England Book Award winner, a Cosmopolitan Best New Book, and a Kirkus Best YA Fiction of 2021; and No Filter and Other Lies, which was named a POPSUGAR and Seventeen Best New YA.
By day, Crystal works in higher ed marketing, and by night, she’s a writer who loves Beyoncé, glitter, shopping, and spending too much time on her phone. Her work has been published in Latina, BuzzFeed, and the Hartford Courant. She lives in western Massachusetts with her husband, daughter, and dog. Follow her everywhere @crystalwrote or visit her website at crystalwrote.com.
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