Monica Zepeda is the author of Boys of the Beast, her debut YA novel from Tu Books (an imprint of Lee & Low).
Boys of the Beast is a New Visions Award winner, International Latino Book Award Gold Medal Winner for Young Adult – English, Paterson Prize for Books for Young People – Young Adult winner, and named one of the Best Children’s Books of the Year by Bank Street College of Education.
You can order her book at bookshop.org, indiebound, Barnes & Nobel, and Amazon.
The audiobook of Boys of the Beast is now available on Audible, audiobooks.com, and other audiobook services. Check with your local library to see if it’s available on Libby or Hoopla.
This smart and fearless road-trip novel is perfect for fans of David Levithan, Benjamin Alire Saenz, or Meg Medina.
Monica is also a screenwriter. She was selected as an ABC Television/Disney Writing Fellow and was a finalist at the Austin Film Festival.
An independent feature film she wrote, Collusions, won Best Picture at the IFS Film Festival. Collusions is available for viewing on most VOD platforms.
These days, Monica works as a Teen Services Librarian. She also enjoys making crafty things, collecting cupcake recipes, and traveling.