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Crystal Maldonado
@crystalwrote.bsky.social
author + stray piece of glitter writing YA romcoms for fat Latinas 🇵🇷

💚 FAT CHANCE, CHARLIE VEGA
📸 NO FILTER AND OTHER LIES
🍁 THE FALL OF WHIT RIVERA
🌙 CAMP SYLVANIA: MOON MADNESS
🗺️ GET REAL, CHLOE TORRES (spring 2025)

💌 Contact: crystalwrote.com
thank you to whatever AI program Microsoft Word is using to make grammar suggestions because it's a constant reminder that we'll always need humans who write/edit
February 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So excited to be part of this panel on The Power of Romance on Saturday, 2/8, 4-6 p.m., with romance authors Sarah MacLean, Jenny L. Howe, and Carissa Broadbent—just in time for Valentine's Day!

Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-power-...
January 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Arcs of GET REAL, CHLOE TORRES have arrived, and I'm doing a giveaway over on Instagram! Enter: www.instagram.com/p/DFIqwSpTemz/

I'll randomly choose one winner on Monday, Jan. 27, at noon ET. Giveaway is open internationally. 🦋💛

Cover art: Saniyyah Zahid
Jacket Design: Chelsea Hunter
January 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
working on book edits humbles me every time as I realize I don't, in fact, know how to spell as well as I think I do 😳
January 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I MEEEEAN
November 28, 2024 at 12:48 AM
GET REAL, CHLOE TORRES is a YA romcom that reimagines the iconic 2002 Britney Spears film “Crossroads” and features:

✨ Sapphic romance
✨ Body diversity/fat MC
✨ Second-chance friendships
✨ Latine/LGBTQIA+ rep
✨ Boy bands and fangirls

Coming May 13, 2025! Preorder: holidayhouse.com/book/get-rea...
November 27, 2024 at 4:29 PM
i didn't know kate hudson had a christmas song but it just came up for me on spotify it's unfairly good??
November 26, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Wow, I really needed to read both of these poems —

They’re by Jocelyne Jam @goodthings4blackgirls on TikTok

And ThePosterandPostcard on Etsy, where you can support her work
November 23, 2024 at 8:38 PM
I’m due for an intro post, so hi! I’m Crystal Maldonado, a YA/MG author who writes stories featuring fat, Puerto Rican main characters! I mostly write YA romcoms for people with lots of feelings. My next YA romcom, GET REAL, CHLOE TORRES, arrives spring 2025! 🫶🏽
November 23, 2024 at 4:54 PM