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Michelle Monárrez

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El Paso, The United States

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Hispanic Heritage in American Settings
Born and raised between the border cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, Monárrez grew up in a bilingual and diverse culture. With a passion for the written word, she set out to pursue a career in Fiction writing and graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a BA in Creative Writing and English.

Monárrez considers herself a Mexican-American writer. Her roots and Fiction Crafting training in both countries gave her voice a unique flavor. Her writing aims to deliver stories placed in American settings that echo her Hispanic heritage through diverse themes, unique descriptions, and the use of magical realism.

Monárrez currently lives in Dallas, TX with her husband. When she isn’t writing and st ...more

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	Refurbished: The Clover Initiative (Refurbished Saga Book 1) 4.59 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Llévame a la luna / Fly Me to the Moon by Michelle Monárrez (Goodreads Author), Stocking Clover (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2026	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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What is Science Fiction? It's harder to define than you think

Back when I still left my house to attend writer events, I attended a writer’s conference in Midland, Tx. I was waiting in line for the provided refreshments and a couple of fellow writers were discussing what was Science Fiction and what wasn’t. I don’t remember the full conversation, but one of their comments stuck with me. They said: “How can that be SciFi? It doesn’t even happen in space.”

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Take Us to a Better Place: Stories

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“May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect.”
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“If I look back I am lost.”
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