Draft:Cynthia Pelayo
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Comment: Where is the significant coverage of Pelayo, written and published independently of her?Book titles in italics and not ALL CAPITALS, please. So neither Poems of My Night or POEMS OF MY NIGHT, but instead Poems of My Night. Hoary (talk) 00:13, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
Cynthia Pelayo is an American Bram Stoker Award and International Latino Book Award-winning author and poet. She is the first Puerto Rican-born author to win a Stoker Award and the first Latina to win the Poetry category.[1] She writes fairy tales that blend genre and explore concepts of grief, mourning, and cycles of violence. She is the author of Loteria, Santa Muerte, The Missing, Poems of My Night, Into the Forest and All the Way Through, Children of Chicago, Crime Scene, The Shoemaker’s Magician, as well as dozens of standalone short stories and poems.[2] Of Puerto Rican parentage, she grew up in Chicago and worked as a reporter before turning to full time writing. [3]
Education
[edit]Cynthia Pelayo holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Columbia College, a Master of Science in Marketing from Roosevelt University, a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and is a Doctoral Candidate in Business Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.[4]
Writing
[edit]Pelayo is the author of LOTERIA, SANTA MUERTE, THE MISSING, and POEMS OF MY NIGHT. They have all been nominated for International Latino Book Awards. Her book, POEMS OF MY NIGHT was also nominated for an Elgin Award. Her collection of poetry, INTO THE FOREST AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH explores the topic of true crime, focusing on the epidemic of missing and murdered women in the United States. It was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award and Elgin Award. Her book, CHILDREN OF CHICAGO, released by Agora / Polis Books, is modern day horror retelling of the Pied Piper fairy tale and won an International Latino Book Award for Best Mystery (2021)[5]
List of works
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Lotería: Stories (2025)[6]
- Vanishing Daughters (2025)[7]
- Forgotten Sisters (2024)[8]
- The Shoemaker's Magician (2023)[9]
- Children Of Chicago (2023)[10]
- Into The Forest And All The Way Through (2020)[11]
- Santa Muerte (2012)[12]
Poems
[edit]- ^ "Iglesias, Pelayo inject historic Latin flavor into Bram Stoker Awards". 18 June 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
- ^ "Hachette book contributor". 21 March 2025. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
- ^ "The Beautiful and Ominous Worlds of Cynthia Pelayo". Retrieved August 10, 2025.
- ^ "The Beautiful and Ominous Worlds of Cynthia Pelayo". Retrieved August 10, 2025.
- ^ Pelayo, Cynthia (2016). Googlebooks About author. Raw Dog Screaming Press. ISBN 978-1-935738-88-6. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
- ^ "Lotería: Stories". BarnesandNoble. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
- ^ "Vanishing Daughters". Blackwells. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
- ^ "Forgotten Sisters". Waterstones. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
- ^ "The Shoemaker's Magician". publishersweekly. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
- ^ "CHILDREN OF CHICAGO". tornightfire. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
- ^ "Into The Forest And All The Way Through". Waterstones. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
- ^ "Santa Muerte". Abebooks. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
- ^ "Crime Scene". RawDogScreamingPress. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
- ^ "Poems of My Night". Waterstones. Retrieved 2025-08-11.