Tucson Festival of Books

Carolina Ixta (she/her/hers)

Carolina Ixta is a writer from Oakland, California, the daughter of Mexican immigrants. Her debut novel, "Shut Up, This Is Serious," was a Morris Award finalist, an LA Times Book Prize finalist and the winner of the Pura Belpré Award. "Few Blue Skies" is her new novel. She received degrees in creative writing and Spanish language and literature at the University of California Santa Cruz and her master's degree in education at the University of California Berkeley.

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Awards: Pura Belpré Award

Communities: Hispanic or Latinx

Scheduled events:

Survival and Action in an Unfair World

To survive in an unfair world, teens take action to challenge discrimination, inequity, and conflicting agendas and uncover the truth. Three authors write across the past, present, and future to immerse readers in compelling tales of power and privilege.

YA Author Stage (Seats 84)

Sat, Mar 14, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm
Teen
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)

Panelists: Hailey Alcaraz, Carolina Ixta, Neal Shusterman
Moderator: Kaitlin Murphy
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of Vanessa C. Moss, Attorney-at-Law, David and Marsha Irwin

Books:

Few Blue Skies

Teen
HarperCollins Publishers
February 2026
ISBN 9780063287914
384 pages
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Shut Up, This Is Serious

Teen
HarperCollins Publishers
May 2025
ISBN 9780063287877
368 pages
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