Adriana Herrera

USA Today bestselling and Audie-winning author Adriana Herrera was born and raised in the Caribbean, but for the last 15 years has let her job (and her spouse) take her all over the world. She loves writing stories about people who look and sound like her people, getting unapologetic happy endings. The New York Times once called her book "sweet, thoughtful, and delightfully filthy too." When she’s not dreaming up love stories, she’s a trauma therapist in New York City. Her newest book is "A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke."

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Communities: Hispanic or Latinx

Regency and Beyond

When it comes to historical romance, Regency is just the beginning! TJ Alexander, Adriana Herrera and Maureen Lee Lenker have written their characters into histories both familiar and unexplored.

Student Union Kachina (Seats 100)  
Sat, Mar 15, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Romance
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: TJ Alexander, Adriana Herrera, Maureen Lee Lenker
Moderator: Melissa Naatz

Workshop: Writing Trauma Survivors

Adriana Herrera, a mental health professional and writer, will guide us in writing trauma survivors who are rounded and whole. Attendees will learn about different types of trauma, and how childhood experience can shape a life. Learn about trauma reactions, and how reminders manifest in the body to impact thoughts and behaviors.

Integrated Learning Center Room 125AB (Seats 40, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sat, Mar 15, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Romance
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  

Panelist: Adriana Herrera

Bold and Unapologetic

These authors shine a light on diverse LGBTQ+ experiences and intersectional identities in fiction and nonfiction titles about chasing dreams.

Nuestras Raíces Stage (Seats 150)  
Sun, Mar 16, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Nuestras Raices
Signing area: Pima County Public Library/Nuestras Raíces/Craft Tent & Signing Area (following presentation)  

Panelists: Edgar Gomez, Adriana Herrera, Sonora Reyes
Moderator: Dominique Calza

Writing Past and Present

Some romance authors don't just stick to one time period. These authors have written contemporary and historical romance (and sometimes, other things too). How do they keep things straight? What's different about writing in different eras and spaces?

Koffler Room 216 (Seats 89, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sun, Mar 16, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Romance
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Bonnie Callahan, TJ Alexander, Adriana Herrera
Moderator: Kristina Makansi

Books:

A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke

Romance
Harlequin
February 2025
ISBN 9781335476968
336 pages

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris

Romance
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
May 2022
ISBN 9781335639844
368 pages