2022 Madrina
Diana Rodriguez Wallach
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Coming 9.7.2021
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SMALL TOWN MONSTERS...
The Conjuring meets The Vow! A terrifying tale of a girl, a dark angel, and the cult hellbent on taking over her small, coastal town.
Vera Martinez wants nothing more than to escape Roaring Creek and her parents’ reputation as demonologists. Not to mention she’s the family outcast, lacking her parents’ innate abilities, and is terrified of the occult things lurking in their basement.
Maxwell Oliver is supposed to be enjoying the summer before his senior year, spending his days thinking about parties and friends. Instead he’s taking care of his little sister while his mom slowly becomes someone he doesn’t recognize. Soon he suspects that what he thought was grief over his father’s death might be something more…sinister. When Maxwell and Vera join forces, they come face to face with deeply disturbing true stories of cults, death worship, and the very nature that drives people to evil.
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The Conjuring meets The Vow! A terrifying tale of a girl, a dark angel, and the cult hellbent on taking over her small, coastal town.
Vera Martinez wants nothing more than to escape Roaring Creek and her parents’ reputation as demonologists. Not to mention she’s the family outcast, lacking her parents’ innate abilities, and is terrified of the occult things lurking in their basement.
Maxwell Oliver is supposed to be enjoying the summer before his senior year, spending his days thinking about parties and friends. Instead he’s taking care of his little sister while his mom slowly becomes someone he doesn’t recognize. Soon he suspects that what he thought was grief over his father’s death might be something more…sinister. When Maxwell and Vera join forces, they come face to face with deeply disturbing true stories of cults, death worship, and the very nature that drives people to evil.
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PROOF OF LIES...
Includes Proof of Lies, Lies That Bind, and End of the Lie The Bourne Identity meets Taken in this adrenaline rush of a series that transports readers around the world, from clam chowder at Quincy Market in Boston to a boat chase through the dark canals of Venice; from the smoky flames of Bonfire Night in England to the sultry beats of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and from the Wet Monday water fights in Poland to the foggy Vltava River in Prague. Whether Anastasia Phoenix is fighting for her sister, or fighting her own heart, readers will end this series empathizing with a character that has experienced so much yet somehow still mirrors their own emotional journeys.
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Includes Proof of Lies, Lies That Bind, and End of the Lie The Bourne Identity meets Taken in this adrenaline rush of a series that transports readers around the world, from clam chowder at Quincy Market in Boston to a boat chase through the dark canals of Venice; from the smoky flames of Bonfire Night in England to the sultry beats of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and from the Wet Monday water fights in Poland to the foggy Vltava River in Prague. Whether Anastasia Phoenix is fighting for her sister, or fighting her own heart, readers will end this series empathizing with a character that has experienced so much yet somehow still mirrors their own emotional journeys.
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AMOR AND SUMMER SECRETS...
Includes Amor and Summer Secrets, Amigas and School Scandals, and Adios to All The Drama
This award-winning series follows 15-year-old Mariana Ruiz as she’s forced to leave her ritzy Philadelphia suburb to spend the summer in her father’s hometown of Utuado, Puerto Rico. Based on the author’s own multi-ethnic heritage, the series will appeal to teens caught between two cultures who often, unlike their parents, feel they are simply “American.”
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Includes Amor and Summer Secrets, Amigas and School Scandals, and Adios to All The Drama
This award-winning series follows 15-year-old Mariana Ruiz as she’s forced to leave her ritzy Philadelphia suburb to spend the summer in her father’s hometown of Utuado, Puerto Rico. Based on the author’s own multi-ethnic heritage, the series will appeal to teens caught between two cultures who often, unlike their parents, feel they are simply “American.”
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ABOUT DIANA...
Diana Rodriguez Wallach is a multi-published author of young adult novels. Her most recent, Small Town Monsters, is a YA Latinx horror novel that published in September 2021 through Random House’s Underlined imprint. Her next YA horror, Hatchet Girls, will publish in Fall 2023 through Random House’s Delacorte imprint.
Additionally, Diana is the author of the Anastasia Phoenix Series (Entangled Publishing), a trilogy of young adult spy thrillers. The first book in the series, Proof of Lies, has been optioned for film and was chosen as a finalist for the 2018 International Thriller Awards for Best Young Adult Novel. Additionally, Bustle listed her as one of the “Top Nine Latinx Authors to Read for Women’s History Month 2017,” and Paste named Proof of Lies one of the “Top 10 Best Young Adult Books for March 2017.”
Diana is also the author of three YA contemporary Latina novels: Amor and Summer Secrets, Amigas and School Scandals, and Adios to All The Drama (Kensington Books). Amor and Summer Secrets placed second at the 2009 International Latino Book Awards for Best Young Adult Novel. She also penned a YA short-story collection entitled Mirror, Mirror (Buzz Books, 2013).
In 2011, she published a highly regarded essay in Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories (HarperCollins). It was the only essay chosen from the anthology by Scholastic to be used in its classroom materials. Diana also is featured in the anthology, Latina Authors and Their Muses (Twilight Times Books, 2015).
Diana taught Creative Writing through Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth for six years, she has been a mentor for SCBWI, and she currently teaches Creative Writing Workshops in schools throughout the Northeast. She holds a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University, and lives in the Philadelphia area with her husband, two kids, and two cats.
https://dianarodriguezwallach.com
Diana Rodriguez Wallach is a multi-published author of young adult novels. Her most recent, Small Town Monsters, is a YA Latinx horror novel that published in September 2021 through Random House’s Underlined imprint. Her next YA horror, Hatchet Girls, will publish in Fall 2023 through Random House’s Delacorte imprint.
Additionally, Diana is the author of the Anastasia Phoenix Series (Entangled Publishing), a trilogy of young adult spy thrillers. The first book in the series, Proof of Lies, has been optioned for film and was chosen as a finalist for the 2018 International Thriller Awards for Best Young Adult Novel. Additionally, Bustle listed her as one of the “Top Nine Latinx Authors to Read for Women’s History Month 2017,” and Paste named Proof of Lies one of the “Top 10 Best Young Adult Books for March 2017.”
Diana is also the author of three YA contemporary Latina novels: Amor and Summer Secrets, Amigas and School Scandals, and Adios to All The Drama (Kensington Books). Amor and Summer Secrets placed second at the 2009 International Latino Book Awards for Best Young Adult Novel. She also penned a YA short-story collection entitled Mirror, Mirror (Buzz Books, 2013).
In 2011, she published a highly regarded essay in Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories (HarperCollins). It was the only essay chosen from the anthology by Scholastic to be used in its classroom materials. Diana also is featured in the anthology, Latina Authors and Their Muses (Twilight Times Books, 2015).
Diana taught Creative Writing through Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth for six years, she has been a mentor for SCBWI, and she currently teaches Creative Writing Workshops in schools throughout the Northeast. She holds a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University, and lives in the Philadelphia area with her husband, two kids, and two cats.
https://dianarodriguezwallach.com