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ISABEL QUINTERO

Learn more about your mentor:

Preferred Age Category: Picture Books
Preferred Genre or Sub-Genres: I really have no preference in genre--a good story is a good story regardless of genre. 
As a mentor I love working on: Finding the voice and truth in a story. 
Areas of expertise/strengths as a mentor: I'm good at asking questions and talking through problems in a story.
Areas of weakness as a mentor: Answering questions about querying and getting an agent.​
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 ABOUT ISABEL...

Isabel Quintero is an award-winning writer and the daughter of Mexican immigrants. She proudly lives and writes in the Inland Empire of Southern California. Isabel has authored: Gabi, A Girl in Pieces (Cinco Puntos Press), her first YA novel, the chapter books, Ugly Cat and Pablo (Scholastic, Inc.) and Ugly Cat and Pablo and the Missing Brother (Scholastic, Inc.), the graphic novel Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide (Getty Publications), and the picture book My Papi Has a Motorcycle (Kokila). Forthcoming she has: Golden State (YA), Martinez Paranormal Services (MG trilogy), and Mama’s Panza (PB illustrated by Iliana Galvez). All books from Kokila.

Her work has been included in several anthologies including The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat and Fierce and Come On In: 15 Stories About Immigration and Finding Home. Forthcoming from Kokila: Martinez Paranormal Services (MG trilogy), Golden State (YA novel), and Mama’s Panza (Picture Book), as well as a short story in the 2023 Candlewick anthology Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories that Smash Mental Health Stereotypes. In addition to several awards, her books have garnered many starred reviews and have been included in multiple best of lists including NPR’s yearly Book Concierge List, NYPL’s best of list, and the New York Times Best Books list. When she’s not writing she enjoys hiking, laughing, and cooking with her partner and beautiful child.

https://www.isabelinpieces.com/
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