Photo by: Eric Sylvester

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
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:
Publicity & Media for
CHASING THE SUN and EVERYONE KNOWS YOU GO HOME:
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
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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EVENTS
Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, 11 a.m. EST
#CLEReads YA Book Festival
Cleveland, OH
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Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, 2:30 p.m. EST
Tampa Bay Teen Lit Fest
Virtual workshop and panel
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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
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Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022
Texas Book Festival
Austin, TX
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Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022
Fall Craft Intensive: Writing Relationships workshop
5 - 8 p.m. EST
Tin House - Virtual
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