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i'm gabhi, kidlit author & magical girl! i'm 🇧🇷, obsessed with my cats, and a biiiig language enthusiast 🗣

LIKE A LOVE SONG is about a latina pop star reclaiming her place at the top with the help of a fake boyfriend! 🎤💖

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2021-01-22

Oooh, a girl can dream!

I would put my book next to:
🔸The ARU SHAH series by Roshani Chokshi
🔸AKATA WITCH by Nnedi Okorafor
🔸THE SERPENT SECRET by Sayantani DasGupta
🔸NEVERMOOR: THE TRIALS OF MORRIGAN CROW by Jessica Townsend!

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2021-01-22

My wip: Chinese death gods, grim reapers, and vampires oh my!

Sort-of pitch: a girl makes a deal with a death god to save her world — and the boy she hates — from vampires.



Picrew: https://t.co/jRfgePCbDM

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2021-01-06

Thanks for having me! Strangeworlds Travel Agency is out on the 4th May with , and can be preordered (or, if in the UK, bought!) now!
B&N: https://t.co/smK4eSTx9h
Indiebound: https://t.co/r0Yjdl88IB
WStones: https://t.co/swBsIj0r9q

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2020-12-22

, thank you for hosting tonight's chat for

Hi everyone! My debut YA rom-com, A Pho Love Story, pubs 2/9/21. It's about two Viet-Am teens falling in love . . . even though their families own competing (and neighboring) restaurants!

2 6
2020-12-09

I didn’t do Day Four because my only Writing Necessity is a laptop, but... Day Five, introduce your characters! Here’s Flick and Jonathan, my MCs. Flick meets Jonathan as she discovers the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, where he is the custodian...

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2020-12-06

Hiiii! V excited to be participating in tonight's holiday-themed I’m Crystal, author of FAT CHANCE, CHARLIE VEGA, a story about a 16-year-old Fat Puerto Rican girl who loves to write and yearns for love.

ALSO... CHARLIE'S SO CUTE, LOOK AT HERRRR 🥺 https://t.co/2DSKJyOSB8

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2020-11-22

Hi 🥺 Just THREE MONTHS until the release of FAT CHANCE, CHARLIE VEGA, a YA novel about a 16-year-old Fat Puerto Rican girl who desperately wants love.

If that sounds like your thing:

✨ Preorder: https://t.co/9FfC0u1wPg
✨ Goodreads: https://t.co/0LE9ZtLPol

tysm!!!

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2020-11-02

Announcing The Monsters & Magic Society's massive bookish giveaway!

Head to Instagram to enter!

https://t.co/uPvi2bo7ux

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2020-10-31

If you love Greek mythology and graphic novels, make sure Oh My Gods is on your radar!

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2020-10-31

hi y'all! I'm Jonny, author of FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILES FROM THE SUN, about a Corpus Christi, TX teen who comes out as gay on Twitter after getting rly drunk at a party and the Los Angeles boy who slides into his DMs the next morning ✌️🏽💛

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2020-10-22

Book I'm most excited about in 2021? Um... 😂

Shameless self-promo aside, there are a TON of great debut books coming in 2021!
https://t.co/YgSF4eZ17D

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2020-10-19

ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT!!!! Book your copy of REA AND THE BLOOD OF THE NECTAR to receive a free:
✨Bookmark
✨Sticker
✨Button
✨Exclusive chapter download
✨Signed bookplate!

Preorder here: https://t.co/wEDRxdT0Eq

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2020-10-13

Obsessed with your cover, ! And thank you! Here's mine by . 😍

Other incredible covers from I can't stop looking at: 's SOMEWHERE BETWEEN BITTER & SWEET; 's AMERICAN BETIYA; and 's A PLACE TO HANG THE MOON! https://t.co/KDhAO9B3sc

2 6
2020-10-09

This was so much fun! Thanks for organizing this! You can pre-order REA for fun freebies and add on Goodreads too!!

Pre-order: https://t.co/wEDRxdT0Eq
Goodreads: https://t.co/AFYfSNoTKX

2 6
2020-10-07

follow me for lots more about Jules and Mat and all the characters from FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILES FROM THE SUN and all the exciting things coming up.

to add to your goodreads lists and preorder, click the link here: https://t.co/MwdbVmxzmx

https://t.co/DrPx65LxwT

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2020-09-22

AHH! I peeked at goodreads ( i know i shouldn't) & saw that has >2k adds \o/ 🔥

As a thank you, I'm sharing character art of my two main characters from the amazing 🥰

(thot it'll be fun to share the sketch - more art + giveaway soon hehe)

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2020-09-22

Favorite YA book? Ahh, this is one of the hardest questions to answer! I really love 's TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE series, as well as THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR by and DUMPLIN by . There are truly so many!

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2020-09-14

Roaring 20s books I've read this year and loved + others I'm excited for ⤵️

- YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN,
- WINGS OF EBONY, (soon!)
- HONEY GIRL, (soon!)

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2020-09-13

Day 7: Character comps
REA is:
👩🏽Inquisitive and determined like Lyra Belacqua
👩🏽Courageous and smart like Kiranmala
👩🏽Feels she's not confident but when she needs to be she shows up 100% like Aru Shah


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2020-09-09