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2025 Madrina Mentor

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Angela Cervantes
Learn more about your mentor:

Preferred Age Category:
Middle Grade

Preferred Genre or Sub-Genres: contemporary fiction like horror, mysteries and anything puppies!!

As a mentor I love working on: Helping to hold mentees accountable (get that word count!) and advising on any industry or writing craft questions/issues.

Areas of expertise/strengths as a mentor:
  • Enjoy sharing what I've learned about the publishing industry and the road to publication
  • Have tons of practice with book launches and school visits
  • Always have a compassionate ear and heart for venting writing pain and angst

Areas of weakness as a mentor (example: not great at querying help): Not great at querying and cannot currently provide editorial feedback
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ABOUT ANGELA...

Angela Cervantes is the published author of several children’s novels. Her latest releases include Lead With Your Heart published by American Girl Books and Disney’s Encanto: The Junior Novelization.
 
Angela’s other novels include Lety Out Loud which was named a 2020 Pura Belpré Honor Book by the American Library Association. Other novels by the author include Gaby, Lost and Found; Allie, First At Last and the Frida Kahlo-inspired mystery novel, Me, Frida and the Secret of the Peacock Ring. Angela also wrote the junior novelization of Disney Pixar’s animated film, Coco.
 
Angela grew up in Topeka, Kansas and began writing stories when she was nine years old because she wanted books about her friends and community. Presently, she’s working on her next novel, The Cursed Moon, which will be published in September 2023. Angela writes from her home in Kansas.

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