THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

   The Latina Book Club congratulates author Theresa Varela on the debut of her new mystery series, NIGHTS OF INDIGO BLUE (Aignos Publishing).  Readers will be captivated by Daisy Muñiz, a Latina combination of Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie.  We were able to get the scoop on this new heroine and the opening excerpt from the book.       Aignos Publishing, Inc. Q:  We heard that you came up with the idea for Daisy Muñiz as a take-off from the fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Can you tell us more about that? THERESA:   I’d just completed my PhD in Nursing Research and Theory Development and looked up from my statistics when I heard some voices whisper in my ear. I listened and realized that my heart was in poetry and literature. Although I vowed that I wasn’t returning to school I found myself registered for my first continuing education creative writing course. The teacher gave us a prompt that asked the stud...

    The Latina Book Club is pleased to welcome author Susan X. Bradley -- a Latina Nancy Drew --   who has written a fun mystery series staring a Latina teen heroine.   Happy Reading! WRITING TIP :   Read, read, then read some more. Writers must be readers. Know your genre and the formula the reader expects. -- S.X. Bradley Q:   What does the X stand for?  And how does a Mexican-American from South Texas end up in Ohio? A: The X is because I don’t have a middle name. For all my computer log-ins at work, they used to use your middle initial for your log-in name. Since I didn’t have one, they used an X, and I liked it. As for living in Ohio, I moved to be closer to my sister. She had two new babies, so I wanted to be closer to my nieces and sister. Q:   Your love of mysteries started at an early age. Can you remember what got you interested in mysteries? Do you remember when you created your first one? A:   I...