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Zoraida Córdova is the author of many fantasy novels for kids and teens, including the award-winning Brooklyn Brujas series, Incendiary, and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: A Crash of Fate. Her short fiction has appeared in the New York Times bestselling anthology Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View, Star Wars The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark, Come on In: 15 Stories About Immigration and Finding Home, and Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women and Witchcraft. She is the co-editor of the bestselling anthology Vampires Never Get Old. Her debut middle grade novel is The Way to Rio Luna. She is the co-host of the podcast Deadline City with Dhonielle Clayton. Zoraida was born in Ecuador and raised in Queens, New York. When she isn’t working on ...more

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Writer Jail: Procrastination

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“Right now, I'm just a girl, and there is also magic in that.”
Zoraida Córdova, Labyrinth Lost

“Some people were meant for great, lasting legacies. Others were meant for small moments of goodness, tiny but that rippled and grew in big, wide waves.”
Zoraida Córdova, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

“Orquídea didn’t like it because she knew she wasn’t a flower, delicate and pretty and waiting to be plucked. For what? To be smelled? To sit in a glass of water until she withered? She was more than that. She wanted to be rooted so deep into the earth that nothing, no human, no force of nature, save an act of the heavens themselves, could rip her out.”
Zoraida Córdova, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

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Zoraida Matthew wrote: "I really enjoyed your Vicious Deep series, sad to see it end but LOVED how the final book ended it was a good beach read."

That means a lot to me. I loved writing these books. Thank you for reading!

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Zoraida


Matthew I really enjoyed your Vicious Deep series, sad to see it end but LOVED how the final book ended it was a good beach read.


message 4: by Jon

Jon Can't wait to read Vicious Deep!


Zoraida Janet wrote: "Zoraida! Fantastic job on The Vicious Deep, thank you for such great storytelling!! I LOVED IT!"

Thanks so much! Keep an eye out for the sequel :)


message 2: by B.E.

B.E. Zoraida! Fantastic job on The Vicious Deep, thank you for such great storytelling!! I LOVED IT!


Harlequin Books Hello Zoraida, it is a pleasure to meet you.


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