Patricia Marcantonio

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Patricia Marcantonio
Born
Patricia Santos

Pueblo, Colorado, U.S.
EducationB.S., Mass Communications, Colorado State University Pueblo
Occupation(s)Novelist, short story writer
Website patriciamarcantonio.com

Patricia Marcantonio is an American novelist and short story writer. She is the author of the Felicity Carrol mystery series and an award-winning collection of short stories, Red Ridin' in the Hood and Other Cuentos.

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Background

She was born in Pueblo, Colorado, [1] the granddaughter of Mexican immigrants. [2] She earned a B.S. degree in mass communications from Colorado State University Pueblo and formerly worked as a crime and trial reporter. [3] She now lives in Idaho. [4]

Books

Plays

Awards and honors

Her book, BEST AMIGAS has been named a 2024 Américas Award Commended Title for Young Adult Fiction. The Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature is a literary award presented annually that recognizes high quality "children's and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States, and to provide teachers with recommendations for classroom use.” It is part of the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs. BEST AMIGAS is published by Fitzroy Books.

Her Victorian mystery novel, Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit, is the first of a series and has received favorable reviews from the Historical Novel Society, [5] Publishers Weekly, [6] Kirkus Reviews, [7] and the New York Journal of Books. [8]

Her courtroom drama, Verdict in the Desert, was included in Amazon's Latino Best Seller List [9] and the 2016 Latina Book Club Books of the Year, [10] and was favorably reviewed by Kirkus Reviews. [11] Also in 2016, she was featured as Author of the Month on Houston Public Media. [3]

Her short story collection, Red Ridin' in the Hood and Other Cuentos, received the Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award, [12] an Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Commended Title), [13] and recommendations from Publishers Weekly, [14] the National Council of Teachers of English, [15] and the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. [16] It was included in "50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know" by the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education [17] and in "Exceptional Anthologies and Short Story Collections" by the All the Wonders podcast. [18]

She has also won several screenplay and short story contests. [4] [9] She also received Alexa Rose Foundation grants to direct her original play "Tears for Llorona" and to workshop her play, "Starring Jane Eyre."

References

  1. ↑ "Patricia Santos Marcantonio". River St. Press. 15 August 2007.
  2. ↑ "Roots". Patricia Santos Marcantonio. 5 November 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Arte Público Press Author Of The Month: Patricia Santos Marcantonio". Houston Public Media. April 26, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Marcantonio, Patricia (2019). Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit. Crooked Lane Books. ISBN   9781683318965. Book cover.
  5. ↑ "Review: Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit". Historical Novel Society .
  6. ↑ "Review: Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit". Publishers Weekly .
  7. ↑ "Review: Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit". Kirkus Reviews . February 12, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Review: Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit". New York Journal of Books.
  9. 1 2 "Spotlight on Author & Screenwriter Patricia Santos Marcantonio". Hollywood Alert. October 23, 2016.
  10. ↑ "4th Annual Books of the Year, 2016". Latina Book Club. December 20, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Review: Verdict in the Desert". Kirkus Reviews . January 10, 2016.
  12. ↑ "The Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award" (PDF). Westchester Library Association.
  13. ↑ "Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature" (PDF). Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP).
  14. ↑ "Children's Books for Spring: F-L". Publishers Weekly . February 21, 2005.
  15. ↑ Laminack, Lester L.; Bell, Barbara H. (January 2006). "Reading Corner for Children: Feeding Hungry Minds". Language Arts. 83 (3). National Council of Teachers of English: 264. doi:10.58680/la20064870. JSTOR   41962107.
  16. ↑ "Red Ridin' in the Hood" (PDF). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  17. ↑ "50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know". Cooperative Children's Book Center.
  18. ↑ "Exceptional Anthologies and Short Story Collections". All the Wonders. 14 August 2017.

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