Aya de León
Aya de León is the Afro-Latina author of several suspense novels for adults, as well as The Mystery Woman in Room Three, an open-source online novel about two undocumented Dominican teens who uncover a kidnapping plot to stop the Green New Deal, and her middle-grade debut, Undercover Latina. She teaches creative writing at the University of California, Berkeley and is active in movements for racial, gender, and climate justice. She lives in Northern California.
2023 Festival events
Speaker - Parable of the Sower Turns 30Speaker - Spies, Sleuths, and Secrets: Middle-Grade Mysteries