Sara Monteagudo
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Sara Monteagudo

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Has Sara Monteagudo created a new literary genre?

In the coming-of-age YA novel, Cimarrona, ingénue Chabelis, must become a heroine in a magical, 19th century Cuba without committing bloodshed in spite of her raw courage, sharp instincts, and her roots as a cimarron(a).

In this action-packed pan-national epic, the reader feels more like they are being spoken to directly by a great story-teller, rather than that they are reading a novel in the traditional sense.


About the Author

Sara Monteagudo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a Puerto Rican mother and a Spanish (Gallego) father. She grew up in Cleveland, OH, Larchmont, NY, and in various cities of Spain. She holds a B.A. in World Arts and Cultures from UCLA and a Master's of Science in Teaching Bilingual Education from Fordham University.

She began her career path as a folklorist in 1992 under the mentorship of internationally acclaimed dramaturg, Dr. Beverly J. Robinson, the right hand person in Steven Spielberg's production of The Color Purple. Sara has been identifying, documenting, and presenting Latino, African and Asian diasporic experiences in the U.S. ever since. Soon after realizing that her heart was in creative writing, she started including her folkloric findings in her screenplays and in her short stories. CIMARRONA is her first "fiction-lore" pan-national epic novel.

Follow her on Twitter at: @FictionLore
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