Today’s guest is author Adriana Herrera. Adriana is the author behind the Dreamer series, which is one of my favorite 2019 romance series that features Afro-Latinx queer characters with beautiful happily ever afters. Her latest book American Love Story comes out next week October 7, 2019. In this episode, we chat about her writing process, we dive into her series  and finally a round of book recommendations. 

In this episode, we chat:

How the 2016 elections inspired her to write her latest series? What inspired her to write Afro-Latinx characters in her romance novels? What was her journey to get her books published?  Her writing process How she keeps track of her ideas and inspiration?

BOOKS MENTIONED: 

Dreamers Series by Adriana Herrera

American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera

American Fairytale by Adriana Herrera

American Love Story by Adriana Herrera 

Elizabeth Acevedo

Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Laura Esquivel 

Michael Chabon

Gabriel  Garcia Marquez

Sarah Maclean

JJ Charles 

Natalie Diaz

Jane Austen 

Edith Wharton 

Como Agua Para Chocolate by Laura Ezquivel

Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton 

Cuttings from Stone by Abraham Verguese 

El Otono del Patriarca by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 

With a Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

When my Brother was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz 

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

The Lizzie Borden Trial by Cara Robertson

 

CONNECT WITH ADRIANA HERRERA

Website 

Twitter

Instagram 

Twitter Mentions