Roshani Chokshi, Tehlor Kay Mejia, and J.C. Cervantes

Join Roshani Chokshi, Tehlor Kay Mejia, and J.C. Cervantes for a conversation about middle grade novels and mythologies from around the world. Roshani Chokshi is the author of Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes, the third book in a series focusing on the world of Indian mythology. Tehlor Kay Mejia’s Paola Santiago and The River of Tears is a thrilling fantasy adventure based on the Mexican legend of La Llorona (the Crying Woman), and The Shadow Crosser , by J.C. Cervantes, is the much awaited finale to Cervantes’ Mayan inspired series, The Storm Runner.

Roshani Chokshi is the author of commercial and critically acclaimed books for middle grade and young adult readers that draws on world mythology and folklore. Her work has been nominated for the Locus and Nebula awards, and has frequently appeared on Best of The Year lists from Barnes and Noble, Forbes, Buzzfeed and more. Her New York Times bestselling series includes The Star-Touched Queen duology, The Gilded Wolves,andAru Shah and The End of Time, which was recently optioned for film by Paramount Pictures.

Tehlor Kay Mejia is the author of the critically acclaimed young adult fantasy novel We Set The Dark On Fire, as well as several forthcoming young adult and middle grade novels (We Unleash The Merciless Storm - Katherine Tegen Books,Miss Meteor (co-written with National Book Award nominee Anna-Marie McLemore) - HarperTeen, Paola Santiago And The River Of Tears + Paola Santiago And The Forest Of Nightmares - Rick Riordan Presents/Disney-Hyperion. Her debut novel received six starred reviews, and was chosen as an Indie’s Next Pick and a Junior Library Guild selection, as well as being an Indiebound bestseller in the Pacific Northwest region. It was featured in Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and O by Oprah Magazine’s best books of 2019 lists, as well as being a book of the year selection by Kirkus and School Library Journal. Tehlor lives in Oregon with her daughter, two very small dogs, and several rescued houseplants.

J.C. Cervantes is the New York Times best-selling author of books for children and young adults. Her books have appeared on national lists, including the American Booksellers Association New Voices, Barnes and Noble’s Best Young Reader Books, and Favorite MG Science Fiction/Fantasy Top Ten Books, as well as Amazon’s Best Books of the Month. She has earned multiple awards and recognitions, including the New Mexico Book Award, and the Zia Book Award.

Vicky Alvear Schecter is the author of multiple books for children on ancient history and mythology, includingWarrior Queens, Hades Speaks, Curses and Smoke: A Novel of Pompeii,and Cleopatra's Moon. She is a docent at Emory's Carlos Museum of Antiquities.

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Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi

Paola Santiago and The River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia

The Shadow Crosser  by J.C. Cervantes📷

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Rick Riordan is the author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians and other mythology-based series. His imprint, "Rick Riordan Presents," publishes books written by "authors from underrepresented cultures and backgrounds, to let them tell their own stories inspired by the mythology and folklore of their own heritage."

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