Horror with folk and Gothic tropes, social, feminist, and queer horror. Fantasy with strong world-building, epic adventure, and romantic elements. Paranormal romance/urban fantasy with fresh takes on established series and a feminist bent. Non-fiction focused on neuroscience, popular science, and lesser-known female historical figures.
Kristina Perez is a half-Argentine, half-Norwegian native New Yorker with a PhD in Medieval Literature from the University of Cambridge. She has taught at the National University of Singapore and the University of Hong Kong, worked as a journalist for major international outlets including the Wall Street Journal Asia and CNN, and is an author of several YA titles and the adult debut novel The Many Lies of Veronica Hawkins published by Little, Brown.
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