Tucson Festival of Books

Epic Quests through Mysterious Worlds


Three bestselling authors create epic quests of good vs. evil in mysterious worlds based in cultural mythologies and folklore. Their magical adventures involve Brujas, phantom trains, and schools for fairy tale characters.


Panelists
J.C. Cervantes

J. C. Cervantes is the New York Times bestselling author of the Storm Runner series as well as other books for young people and adults. She currently resides in the Land of Enchantment with her family and spoiled pups but keeps part of her heart in Southern California, where she was born and raised....

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Soman Chainani

Soman Chainani's six novels in The School for Good and Evil series each debuted on the New York Times bestseller list. The series has sold more than 4.5 million copies, has been translated into 33 languages, and has been adapted into a film by Netflix....

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Kwame Mbalia

Kwame Mbalia is a No. 1 New York Times best-selling author of the Tristan Strong series and the publisher of "Freedom Fire," an imprint of Disney Hyperion devoted to stories about the Black diaspora by Black creators that includes his Jax Freeman series....

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Books:
The Daggers of Ire
J.C. Cervantes
Children
HarperCollins
September 2024
ISBN 9780063312074
384 pages
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Beasts and Beauty
Dangerous Tales
Soman Chainani
Teen
HarperCollins
September 2024
ISBN 9780062652645
336 pages
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Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek
Kwame Mbalia
Children
Disney Publishing Group
January 2024
ISBN 9781368064736
480 pages
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Fall of the School for Good and Evil
Soman Chainani
Children
HarperCollins Publishers
May 2024
ISBN 9780063269552
384 pages
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