Sonora Reyes

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Sonora Reyes
BornArizona, USA
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
Genre Young adult fiction
Notable works The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
Website
sonorareyes.com

Sonora Reyes is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for their William C. Morris Award finalist and National Book Award finalist novel The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School . [1]

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Personal life

Reyes is a queer second generation immigrant [2] and was born and raised in Arizona. [3]

Reyes went to Catholic school, which they say inspired their novels in terms of cathartically writing about what they experienced there. [1]

They currently live in Arizona. Reyes uses they/them pronouns. [4] They are autistic. [5]

Selected works

Their debut, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School, predominantly deals with homophobia, [1] and follows a teen girl as she develops her first crush on another girl who is open about her own queerness and speaks up against homophobic teachers. [6] It was published by Balzer+Bray in May 2022. [4] USA Today named it one of "18 books by Latino authors you'll want to read in 2022." [7] It was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award [8] and the National Book Award. [2]

Their second novel, The Luis Ortega Survival Club , is about teenage girls who had nonconsensual sexual encounters and are aiming to expose the perpetrator together. [1] They consider the book to be a personal revenge fantasy. [4]

Reyes is currently also working on an adult novel. [1]

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  2. 1 2 "Sonora Reyes". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  3. "Latinx Heritage Month Opening Ceremony | Happening @ Michigan". events.umich.edu. 2023-09-19. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  4. 1 2 3 Comment, Amanda MacGregor Leave a (2023-05-22). "Hate Away, Friends, a guest post by Sonora Reyes". Teen Librarian Toolbox. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  5. Reyes, Sonora [@SonoraReyes] (May 17, 2020). "In honor of Avatar The Last Airbender getting put on Netflix, I figured now is as good a time as any to share all the reasons why I, an autistic person, believe Zuko from atla is autistic. There are a LOT of reasons, so get ready :) ATLA SPOILERS AHEAD (1/?)" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 April 2024 via Twitter.
  6. "I Wish I Had 'The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School' as a Teen". ELLE. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  7. "18 books by Latino authors you'll want to read in 2022". TODAY.com. 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  8. SKUENN (2012-02-27). "Morris Award". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Retrieved 2023-12-08.