Terry Catasús Jennings
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Terry Catasús Jennings

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On September 11, 1961, Terry Catasús Jennings landed in the United States after a short flight from Cuba. On September 12th, she was enrolled in seventh grade in an American school. Her family, including her father who had been jailed during the Bay of Pigs invasion, was now in a free country. The only catch for twelve-year-old Terry was that she could count in English and recite the days of the week and the months of the year, but not much more. Often being the only Cuban in her school—even through college—Terry knows what it’s like to be the new kid on the block. She is delighted to have the opportunity, with Definitely Dominguita, to portray a child of immigrants who is normal—no different than her peers—other than she loves the classics (like Jennings did as a child) and thinks Cuban food rules.

Writing The Knight of the Cape, Terry was so sure of her knowledge of Don Quijote that she didn't even check the spelling of the Golden Helmet--Don Quijote's prized find. Turns out the name she used for the Golden Helmet, was Membrillo, her father's favorite dessert, rather than Mambrino, the name she found much later, while looking for its picture. After a long laugh, she and editor Aly Heller decided the moment had to be immortalized in the book.
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