I'm so excited today to wish a Happy Book Birthday to my fellow Electric18s debut, Kristina Pérez! And it's not just any book birthday - it's the third, and final, book in Kristina's beautiful and romantic trilogy that started with the release of SWEET BLACK WAVES in 2018!  I first interviewed Kristina two years ago for my essay on bilingualism and creativity for YA Interrobang (which you can read here ), but as I only got to use a short quote from Kristina that time, I wanted to publish my interview with her - and what would be the better moment to do so to help Kristina celebrate her latest release! So, please make yourself comfy, get a cuppa, and scroll down for an interview with Kristina Pérez! Please find more info about Kristina's books, including buy-links here . BRIGHT WAVES SKIES is the thrilling conclusion to the lush and heart-wrenching romantic fantasy trilogy about ancient magic, warring families, and star-crossed lovers by Kristina Pérez. To save the ...

I'm so excited to announce that you can now have your first look at Oasis - its exclusive excerpt was revealed this week over at The Nerd Daily. I'm beyond thrilled to see one of my absolute favorite entertainment sites host this reveal for my novel. Here's the snippet of the announcement on Twitter: You can now read this excerpt which I've personally selected for this purpose here: https://www.thenerddaily.com/oasis-katya-de-becerra-excerpt/ Like what you see? Don't forget to add this book on Goodreads . Or why not pre-order now , so you can receive it as soon as it's released AND support its author 😉(After all, pre-orders show to publishers that there's lots of interest in a particular book and that means the author's chances of ever publishing another book grow!)

Welcome to my blog/website/platform everyone! 2018 has been quite a year! Thank you all who've stuck around as I've morphed from an anxious forthcoming author to an anxious published author. Plus, I'm now an anxious published author with another book on the way. And... an anxious published author who is writing more books and hopes to sell more books so that she can keep writing them. The cycle never ends. I won't lie to you: it's tough, this author gig. But I'm grateful. And happy. But It's TOUGH. Putting your first book out into the world is an experience like no other. I thought doing PhD was tough. Haha. I mean, yeah, it was, but... putting a book out is a totally different jam. Like, it's indescribable (haha, but Katya, you're an author, I should be able to describe it! Nope. I refuse to). Anyway, What The Woods Keep is out! YAY. It came out in the US on September 18th and then in Australia and New Zealand on October 1st. Czech rights have so...

Can you imagine how excited I am to be taking part in Tara Gilboy's blog tour for her Middle-Grade debut  Unwritten !? VERY. I'm very excited.  I had a pleasure of reading an early digital advanced copy of  Unwritten  awhile back and I loved it. A lot. It's a very unusual book that deals with the matters of good and evil as well as our evolving identity. The book also asks the question of how much our nature and nurture define us. Plus, the protagonist's voice was absolutely mesmerizing - I simply couldn't stop reading! So today, I'm so happy to publish my Q&A with Tara and share my ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review of her debut. Plus, I was so thrilled to read Tara's book that I became its official blurber! As authors, we get asked a lot to 'blurb' new books and, even though I'm a debut myself, I was asked to blurb four books already (and I was happy to do it), but - to my knowledge - Unwritten  is the first book that actually contains my ...

The wonderful Leah C. Davis has interviewed her on her platform! Check it out:  The Debut Author Interview with Katya de Becerra And here's a little preview:

Today is exactly five-months-to-publication date of my debut WHAT THE WOODS KEEP .  To celebrate this milestone, I thought I'd tell you a bit more about this book of mine and also use this chance to answer some questions I've been getting through various social media channels (I promise I'll do the proper FAQ section on this site - eventually!). So here goes! So what's the book about? Oh, how I used to dread this question (how can I possibly summarize my complicated luminous monster of a book in only a few sentences?), but now I kind of welcome it, because I give a different "elevator pitch" every time I'm asked (LOL):   It's a multimedia thriller...! It's a story of a girl who has to come to terms with her heritage... ! It's about unbreakable female friendships...! But how about you check out the book's official description  here or  here . Or have a look at this shorter, snappier blurb: This Y...

After much soul-searching and prolonged sessions of self-doubt, I've finally gotten around to running my FIRST EVER SIGNED ARC GIVEAWAY FOR What The Woods Keep ! Depending on how well it goes, I might do some more giveaways like this over the next few months leading up to the book's release on September 18, but for now . . . this is your chance to be one of the earliest reader of What The Woods Keep . To enter: head over to Twitter (embedded link) Follow the three simple rules to be in the running. The giveaway closes April 10, Eastern Time. I will randomly pick a winner and ship the book. What The Woods Keep ARC 2018

It’s less than 7 months to go before WHAT THE WOODS KEEP will be published. My life’s been a blast lately, and even though I’m perpetually exhausted and anxious, I’m also . . . happy. When I was first starting to write WTWK, I knew that its eventual publication was a possibility, but it just seemed a very distant fantasy at the time. And now this fantasy is (morphing into) reality. The feeling is surreal, but again – happy. My highlights of the past few weeks were attending Shivaun Plozza’s launch of her second novel TIN HEART, where I also got to meet in person my fellow 2018 debut S. Gonzales ( THE LAW OF INERTIA ) and 2019 debut Astrid Scholte ( FOUR DEAD QUEENS ). The purpose of my attendance was twofold: aside from hearing Shivaun talk about TIN HEART and meeting my fellow authors, I’ve also been learning about how to do book launches, in hopes of putting this information to good use comes September.  Shivaun in conversation with Aida, an Inky judge 2018  S. G...

And here's the moment I've been waiting for ever since I knew WHAT THE WOODS KEEP was going to be published, and even more so, ever since I had my first glimpse of its cover design. Without further ado, I'm thrilled to reveal this stunner of a cover to the world.  [Drum roll...]  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Ta-da! Release date: September 18, 2018 Publisher: Imprint (Macmillan) Links (pre-order is available):  Goodreads Amazon On Publisher's website Publisher's description: On her eighteenth birthday, Hayden inherits her childhood home—on the condition that she uncovers its dark secrets. Hayden tried to put her past behind her—and it worked. She’s getting ready for college, living in a Brooklyn apartment, and hanging out with her best friend and roommate Del. But now it's all coming back: her mother's mysterious disappearance a decade before, her f...