{"title":"Silvia Moreno-Garcia","description":"Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of Silver Nitrate, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Mexican Gothic,  and many other books. She has won the Locus and British Fantasy awards for her work as a novelist, and the World Fantasy Award as an editor.","products":[{"product_id":"the-bewitching-paperback","title":"The Bewitching - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - BRAM STOKER AWARD FINALIST - Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Mexican Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In Silvia Moreno-Garcia's sure hands, every uncovered secret is fraught with intrigue and creeping horror.\"--Tananarive Due, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Reformatory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, \u003ci\u003eElle, Kirkus Reviews, Book Riot, Library Journal, Crime Reads, She Reads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches\" That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minerva--stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps that's why Minerva has become a graduate student focused on the history of horror literature and is researching the life of Beatrice Tremblay, an obscure author of macabre tales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the course of assembling her thesis, Minerva uncovers information that reveals that Tremblay's most famous novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing, \u003c\/i\u003e was inspired by a true story: Decades earlier, during the Great Depression, Tremblay attended the same university where Minerva is now studying and became obsessed with her beautiful and otherworldly roommate, who then disappeared under mysterious circumstances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Minerva descends ever deeper into Tremblay's manuscript, she begins to sense that the malign force that stalked Tremblay and the missing girl might still walk the halls of the campus. These disturbing events also echo the stories Nana Alba told about her girlhood in 1900s Mexico, where she had a terrifying encounter with a witch. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMinerva suspects that the same shadow that darkened the lives of her great-grandmother and Beatrice Tremblay is now threatening her own in 1990s Massachusetts. An academic career can be a punishing pursuit, but it might turn outright deadly when witchcraft is involved.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101162213599,"sku":"9780593874349","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/UL08dq2zbj9780593874349.webp?v=1781068380"},{"product_id":"the-bewitching-hardcover","title":"The Bewitching - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Mexican Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In Silvia Moreno-Garcia's sure hands, every uncovered secret is fraught with intrigue and creeping horror.\"--Tananarive Due, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Reformatory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches\" That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minerva--stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps that's why Minerva has become a graduate student focused on the history of horror literature and is researching the life of Beatrice Tremblay, an obscure author of macabre tales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the course of assembling her thesis, Minerva uncovers information that reveals that Tremblay's most famous novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing, \u003c\/i\u003e was inspired by a true story: Decades earlier, during the Great Depression, Tremblay attended the same university where Minerva is now studying and became obsessed with her beautiful and otherworldly roommate, who then disappeared under mysterious circumstances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Minerva descends ever deeper into Tremblay's manuscript, she begins to sense that the malign force that stalked Tremblay and the missing girl might still walk the halls of the campus. These disturbing events also echo the stories Nana Alba told about her girlhood in 1900s Mexico, where she had a terrifying encounter with a witch. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMinerva suspects that the same shadow that darkened the lives of her great-grandmother and Beatrice Tremblay is now threatening her own in 1990s Massachusetts. An academic career can be a punishing pursuit, but it might turn outright deadly when witchcraft is involved.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101216772319,"sku":"9780593874325","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/0ROcj4Li009780593874325.webp?v=1781068488"},{"product_id":"the-daughter-of-doctor-moreau-paperback","title":"The Daughter of Doctor Moreau - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - From the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMexican Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVelvet Was the Night\u003c\/i\u003e comes a lavish historical drama reimagining of \u003ci\u003eThe Island of Doctor Moreau \u003c\/i\u003eset against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is historical science fiction at its best: a dreamy reimagining of a classic story with vivid descriptions of lush jungles and feminist themes. Some light romance threads through the heavier ethical questions concerning humanity.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The imagination of Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a thing of wonder, restless and romantic, fearless in the face of genre, embracing the polarities of storytelling--the sleek and the bizarre, wild passions and deep hatreds--with cool equanimity.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e Choice)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, Time, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003ePolygon, Tordotcom, Paste, CrimeReads, Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarlota Moreau: A young woman growing up on a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. 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