Angela Cervantes

Award-winning author Angela Cervantes is the author of many popular children's novels. Her latest novel Anomalies 53: Into The Shadows releases August 12, 2025 and is the author's first fantasy adventure novel. Fans of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series will love this book.

Angela's other books includesThe Cursed Moon, which is a horror novel for children ages 8+ and has been named to five State Children's Reading List including the Texas Bluebonnet Master List and Florida's Sunshine State Young Readers Award List.

Angela's book, Lety, Out Loud, won a 2020 Pura Belpré Honor Award. Her other popular children's books includes the Frida Kahlo-inspired mystery novel Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring; Gaby, Lost and Found; and Allie, First at Last.

In addition to her own original novels, Angela adapted the junior novelization for Disney/Pixar’s animated-film, Coco and Disney's Encanto. Angela also wrote Maritza: Lead with your heart, by American Girls. She has short stories included in the Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America anthology and Chicken Soup for The Latino Soul.

Angela is a daughter of a retired elementary-school teacher who instilled in her a love for reading and storytelling.

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