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Cynthia Pelayo is an American writer.

Born in Puerto Rico, she moved to Chicago as a toddler. She earned degrees from Columbia College, Roosevelt University, and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She's written short stories, poems, and novels for teens and adults.

Santa Muerte was nominated for the 2014 International Latino Book Award for Best Young Adult Fiction. Into the Forest and All the Way Through was nominated for the 2020 Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection.   Children of Chicago, was nominated for the 2022 Bram Stoker Award for Novel and may be made into a film.

Books

 * Loteria (2011 poetry)
 * The Missing (2016 novel)
 * Poems of My Night (2016 poetry)
 * Into the Forest and All the Way Through (2020 poetry)
 * Santa Muerte (2020 novel)
 * Children of Chicago (2021 novel)
 * Crime Scene (2022 poetry)
 * The Shoemaker’s Magician (2023 novel)