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A 2023 Pura Belpré Award Honor Book

 

A 2023 Schneider Family Award Honor Book

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Starred Reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Publisher's Weekly

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An AudioFile Earphones Award Winner

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About

Photo by: Eric Sylvester

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Chasing the Sun a novel Natalia Sylvester
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ABOUT

Natalia Sylvester is the Pura Belpré- and Schneider Family-honor winning author of the young adult novel BREATHE AND COUNT BACK FROM TEN, and the award-winning author of the young adult novel RUNNING and the adult novels EVERYONE KNOWS YOU GO HOME and CHASING THE SUN. Her first picture book A MALETA FULL OF TREASURES, illustrated by Juana Medina, will be out in 2024 from Penguin Random House.

 

Natalia's non-fiction has appeared in the New York Times, Bustle, Catapult, Electric Literature, Latina magazine, and McSweeney's Publishing. Her essays have been anthologized in collections such as A MAP IS ONLY ONE STORY and A MEASURE OF BELONGING: WRITERS OF COLOR ON THE NEW AMERICAN SOUTH.

 

Born in Lima, Peru, Natalia came to the US at age four and grew up in Florida and the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. She received a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Miami, was a 2021 Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and was formerly a faculty member at the Mile-High MFA program at Regis University. She now lives in South Florida.​

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Contact
CONTACT

FOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND AUTHOR VISITS:


Christie Hinrichs at Authors Unbound Agency
christie@authorsunbound.com, (541) 797-2217
View Natalia's speaking profile here.

FOR SPECIFIC REQUESTS ABOUT RIGHTS OR PUBLICITY:

Rights:

Laura Dail

Laura Dail Literary Agency

Publicity & Media for

 BREATHE AND COUNT BACK FROM TEN and RUNNING

John Sellers

HarperCollins

Publicity & Media for

 CHASING THE SUN and EVERYONE KNOWS YOU GO HOME:

Kristin Lunghamer

Amazon Publishing

 IF YOU’D JUST LIKE TO SAY HELLO (THAT’S ALWAYS NICE) CONTACT ME USING THE FORM BELOW

OR AT ME@NATALIASYLVESTER.COM

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In EVERYONE KNOWS YOU GO HOME...

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"Sylvester memorably depicts the precarious existence and difficult choices that face undocumented immigrants to America." 

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— PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY 

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ABUELITOS

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Natalia shares the story of her grandmother's poetic influence on her as a child with NPR's Latino USA.

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3 QUESTIONS FOR NATALIA SYLVESTER REGARDING HER DEBUT NOVEL​

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Events
EVENTS

Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, 11 a.m. EST

#CLEReads YA Book Festival

Cleveland, OH

RSVP for free

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Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, 2:30 p.m. EST

Tampa Bay Teen Lit Fest

Virtual workshop and panel

RSVP for free

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Wednesday, Oct. 26, 6 p.m. CST

Amplify presents: BREATHE AND COUNT BACK FROM TEN

- hosted by Texas Book Festival & Amplify Credit Union

Austin, TX 

Register for Free

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Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022

Texas Book Festival

Austin, TX 

View the schedule

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Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022

Fall Craft Intensive: Writing Relationships workshop

5 - 8 p.m. EST

Tin House - Virtual

Register for the workshop

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