Sonora Reyes is an American author of young adult fiction.

Career

Reyes's debut, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School, was published by Balzer + Bray in May 2022.[1] The novel predominantly deals with homophobia,[2] 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.[3] Among other honors, the novel was a finalists for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.[4]

Their sophomore novel, The Luis Ortega Survival Club, was published by Balzer + Bray in 2023.[5] The novel is about teenage girls who had nonconsensual sexual encounters and aim to expose the perpetrator together.[2] Reyes considers the book to be a personal revenge fantasy.[6]

In a 2023 interview with Publishers Weekly, Reyes stated they were working on an adult novel.[2]

Reyes is a queer second generation immigrant[7] and was born and raised in Arizona.[8] They went to Catholic school, which they say inspired their novels in terms of cathartically writing about what they experienced there.[2]

Reyes currently lives in Arizona. They are autistic[9] and use "they/them" pronouns.[6]

Awards and honors

The Chicago Public Library included The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School on their list of the best yound adult novels of 2022.[10] The following year, it was included on Young Adult Library Services Association's list of Teens' Top Ten.[11]

The Luis Oretga Survival Club is a Junior Library Guild book.[12]

Awards for Reyes's writing
Year Title Award Category Result Ref.
2022 The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School Goodreads Choice Award Young Adult Fiction Nominated [13]
National Book Award Young People's Literature Finalist [4][7]
2023 Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards Young Adult Fiction Finalist
Lambda Literary Award Young Adult Literature Won [14]
Pura Belpré Award Young Adult Author Honor [15][16]
Walter Dean Myers Award Teen Honor [17]
William C. Morris Award — Finalist [16][18]

Publications

References

  1. ^ "The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes". Publishers Weekly. 2022-04-07. Archived from the original on 2024-05-13. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  2. ^ a b c d Jones, Iyana. "Q & A with Sonora Reyes". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  3. ^ "I Wish I Had 'The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School' as a Teen". ELLE. 2022-06-01. Archived from the original on 2023-05-01. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  4. ^ a b "National Book Award Finalists Announced". Shelf Awareness. 2022-10-05. Archived from the original on 2023-12-05. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  5. ^ "The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes". Publishers Weekly. 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  6. ^ a b Comment, Amanda MacGregor Leave a (2023-05-22). "Hate Away, Friends, a guest post by Sonora Reyes". Teen Librarian Toolbox. Archived from the original on 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  7. ^ a b "Sonora Reyes". National Book Foundation. Archived from the original on 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  8. ^ "Latinx Heritage Month Opening Ceremony | Happening @ Michigan". events.umich.edu. 2023-09-19. Archived from the original on 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  9. ^ Reyes, Sonora [@SonoraReyes] (17 May 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.
  10. ^ "Best Teen Fiction of 2022". Chicago Public Library. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  11. ^ "2023 Teens' Top Ten Winners". Young Adult Library Services Association. American Library Association. Archived from the original on 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  12. ^ "The Luis Ortega Survival Club". Junior Library Guild. Archived from the original on 2024-06-01. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  13. ^ "The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School". Goodreads. Archived from the original on 2024-02-04. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  14. ^ Alquist, Pierce (2023-06-12). "2023 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". BOOK RIOT. Archived from the original on 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  15. ^ "Pura Belpré Award". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). 2021-03-24. Archived from the original on 2023-05-14. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  16. ^ a b Roback, Diane; Kantor, Emma; Jones, Iyana (2023-01-30). "Luqman-Dawson, Salati, and Tahir Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Awards". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  17. ^ Jones, Iyana (2023-01-10). "2023 Walter Dean Myers Awards Announced". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  18. ^ "Morris Award". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2012-02-27. Archived from the original on 2023-05-14. Retrieved 2023-05-01.

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