SFF Authors of Hispanic Descent: An Incomplete List

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Today begins Hispanic Heritage Month! It goes from September 15th to October 15th. And we are going to highlight some of the best SFF authors of Hispanic heritage!

This is of course an incomplete list, but if you notice a glaring omission (or if I put someone in the wrong category) please let me know and I’ll add them post haste!

We hope you find your next favorite book or author from this group! Happy Reading!

Fantasy

Bernie Anés Paz

Catherine Asaro

Daína Chaviano

David Bowles

Eric Garcia

José Pablo Iriarte

Julia Rios

K. Arsenault Rivera

Kathleen Alcalá

R. Ch. Garcia

Rosalie Morales Kearns

Sabrina Vourvoulias

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

YA Fantasy

Anna-Marie McLemore

Daniel José Older

Isabel Ibañez

Kristina Pérez

Lilliam Rivera

Mark Oshiro

Maya Motayne

Michelle Ruiz Keil

R. Ch. Garcia

Yamile Mendez

Zoraida Córdova

Middle Grade & Children’s Fantasy

Anna Meriano

Claribel Ortega

Daniel José Older

David Bowles

J. C. Cervantes (Jennifer Cervantes)

Kathleen Alcalá

Scott Russell Duncan

Yamile Mendez

Zoraida Córdova

Urban Fantasy

Daniel José Older

José Pablo Iriarte

Sabrina Vourvoulias

Magical Realism

Ana Castillo

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Gabriel García Márquez

Isabel Allende

J. C. Cervantes (Jennifer Cervantes)

Jennifer Givhan

Jorge Luis Borges

Junot Díaz

Kathleen Alcalá

Science Fiction

Alex Segura

Angélica Gorodischer

Catherine Asaro

Daína Chaviano

Edmundo Paz Soldán

Eric Garcia

Ernest Hogan

Jennifer Givhan

José Pablo Iriarte

Kathleen Alcalá

Kristina Pérez

Lilliam Rivera

Malka Older

Rosa Montero

Rosalie Morales Kearns

Sabrina Vourvoulias

Scott Russell Duncan

Stefanie Contreras

Valerie Valdes

Horror

Carmen Maria Machado

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Valerie Valdes

Let us know if we missed your favorite and I’ll add them to our list! Happy Reading!

Title image assembled by Jennie Ivins with images by pauloduarte, Pexels, Tumisu, FelixMittermeier, imprintmytravel, and MonikaP.

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By Jennie Ivins

Jennie is the Editor of Fantasy-Faction. She lives with her math loving husband and their three autistic boys (one set of twins & one singleton). In-between her online life and being a stay-at-home mom, she is writing her first fantasy series. She also enjoys photography, art, cooking, computers, science, history, and anything else shiny that happens across her field of vision. You can find her on Twitter @autumn2may.

6 thoughts on “SFF Authors of Hispanic Descent: An Incomplete List”
  1. Please add Rudy Ch. Garcia to the Authors of Hispanic Descent. I’ve had a dozen spec short stories published in magazines, journals and anthologies. My first alternate-world novel The Closet of Discarded Dreams, published by Drollierie Press, rec’d honorable mention from the International Latino Book Awards in the SF/F category. My Chicano fantasy novel, Death Song of the Dragón Chicxulub, was just published by Somos en Escrito Literary Press. Details about my work available at rchgarcia.com. Gracias.

  2. Please add me to Magic Realism and Science Fiction, I’m Chicano, though my name seems otherwise. My work is in several anthologies and many lit journals and magazines. I also go by Scott Duncan-Fernandez.

  3. Hi. My mother’s maiden name is Garcia. I was born in East L.A. I am the author of HIGH AZTECH, SMOKING MIRROR BLUES, CORTEZ ON JUPITER, and much more. My latest story just came out in SPECULATIVE FICTION FOR DREAMERS: A LATINX ANTHOLOGY. Some call me the Father of Chicano Science Fiction.

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