Kiara Valdez
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First Second Books
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Kiara Valdez @dezinpub
Horror may not be my thing anymore, but I will still eat up unsettling lite-creepy stuff and moody/melancholy folklore. 👏🏾 xxxHolic is reminding me of my love for this. (Also why I love Natsume Yuujinchou and Mushishi).#mswl Someone give me a xxxHolic-esque YA GN. And make it queer, don't tease and then break my heart like CLAMP did. Thanks.
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#VampiresVsTheBronx is exactly the creative gentrification story I've been wanting T_T A middle grade GN #mswl of mine for the last 2/3 years has been a contemporary story following a POC character dealing with gentrification in the NYC neighborhood they grew up in.
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My indefinite graphic novel #mswl:
-middle grade story about a kid and their deep relationship with dancing
-middle grade or YA story about a kid juggling two environments, “code switching”, and seeing their beloved neighborhood changing because of gentrification