CHISPA CREATORS

Alex Segura is an acclaimed, award-winning writer of novels, comic books, short stories, and podcasts. He is the author of Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall, and the Pete Fernandez Mystery series (including the Anthony Award-nominated crime novels Dangerous Ends, Blackout. and Miami Midnight). Among his other works is the novel Secret Identity, which The New York Times called “wittily original” and named an Editor’s Choice. NPR described the novel as “masterful,” and it received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist. Secret Identity was nominated for the Anthony Award for Best Hardcover, the Lefty and Barry Awards for Best Novel, the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel, and the LA Times Book Prize in the Mystery/Thriller category. His next novel, the YA Spider-Verse adventure Araña/Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow is out now from Disney Books/Marvel Press.

Diego Molano is a renowned animator, artist, writer, and voice actor, well known for creating Victor and Valentino and his work on Cartoon Network shows The Powerpuff Girls and OK K.O! Let's Be Heroes.

Henry Barajas is a Latinx author from Arizona. He is renowned for his graphic memoir La Voz De M.A.Y.O.: Tata Rambo, but he has also worked on titles such as Batman: Urban Legends, Helm Greycastle, Project Cryptid, TMNT: Splintered Fate, and Historias de Resistencia: Dolores Huerta and the Plight of the Farm Workers for the New York City Department of Education.

Salomé Luce-Antoinette is an Afro Caribbean artist from Martinique. She is best known for her work for DC Comics, including illustrations for Tales of the Amazons and Nubia: Queen of the Amazons. Her other works include Project Cryptid (AHOY Comics) and Psalm for the Changed (Dauntless Stories).

The Albán Brothers, Luis Eduardo and Luis Eugenio, are renowned Colombian-Venezuelan writers. The pair have made a name for themselves in Hollywood, collaborating with several notable names. They have made quite a splash with their debut work, ORDER, which has achieved such success that there is an animated adaptation by the same name.

Terry Blas is a Portland-based illustrator and writer. His autobiographical comics You Say Latino and You Say LatinX was well received and featured on NPR, OPB, and Vox.com.  His first graphic novel, Dead Weight: Murder at Camp Bloom, was a 2019 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Readers for YALSA. Other books of his include Hotel Dare and Lifetime Passes, and his other notable achievements include work on Adventure Time, Steven Universe, and The Amazing World of Gumball, among other things.

Eva Cabrera is a Mexican comic book artist from Veracruz. She has been nominated for an Eisner Award and two GLAAD Media Awards, and she is the co-founder of Mexican studio Boudika Comics. Some of her best-known works are Betty & Veronica, Vixens (Archie Comics), Kim & Kim (Black Mask Studio) and covers for the Adventure Time comics (BOOM Studio).

Veronique Medrano is a writer, singer, and archivist based in Brownsville, Texas who has been featured in Latina Magazine, Texas Monthly, Texas Standard, and more. She has done freelance journalism for respected publications such as: the Washington Post, Wide Open Country, and TejanoNation.

Steph C. is a Mexican artist with a distinct style that blends horror elements with fashion, often incorporating social commentary about self-imposed and societal restrictions and expectations. Her most notable work is DC's Unearthed, a Jessica Cruz Story, but she has also contributed to projects for Disney, Warner Bros. Animation, Penguin Random House, and FANDOM TABLETOP.

Cynthia Pelayo is a Bram Stoker Award-winning author and poet. Pelayo’s work blends genre and explores grief, mourning, and cycles of violence. She is the author of Loteria, Santa Muerte, The Missing, Into the Forest and All the Way Through, Children of Chicago, and The Shoemaker’s Magician, among many others.

V. Castro is a two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated Mexican American writer from San Antonio, Texas, who now resides in the UK. She dedicates her time to her family and to writing Latinx narratives in horror and science fiction. V. Castro’s most recent releases include the novelization of Rebel Moon, Part One - A Child Of Fire: The Official Novelization (Titan Books), Alien: Vasquez (Titan Books), and The Haunting of Alejandra (Del Rey).