Adrianna Cuevas is the author of The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez (FSG BYR, 2020) and Cuba in My Pocket (FSG BYR, 2021). She is a first-generation Cuban-American originally from Miami, Florida. After teaching Spanish and ESOL for sixteen years, she decided to pursue her passion for storytelling. Adrianna currently resides outside of Austin, TX with her husband and son where they enjoy hiking, traveling, and cooking lots of Cuban food.
Hercilia Mendizabal Frers is a translator, copy editor and proofreader who has been working with renowned publishing houses for the past fifteen years. After working in an editorial setting, she decided to dive into the freelance world. This allowed her to live all around the U.S. and, more importantly, travel frequently to her native South America. She translates fiction and non-fiction, as well as children’s and young adult literature.