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Claribel A. Ortega

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The Bronx, The United States

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Young Adult, Children's, Fantasy

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New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author, Claribel A. Ortega is a former reporter who writes middle-grade and young adult fantasy inspired by her Dominican heritage. When she's not busy turning her obsession with eighties pop culture, magic, and video games into books, she’s co-hosting her podcast Bad Author Book Club. Claribel is a Marvel contributor and has been featured on Buzzfeed, Bustle, Good Morning America and Deadline.

Claribel’s NYT Bestselling debut middle grade novel Ghost Squad is being made into a feature film. Her latest book Witchlings (Scholastic) was an Instant NYT and #1 Indie Bestseller. Her graphic novel Frizzy with Rose Bousamra is out now from First Second and was an Indie Bestseller. You can find her on Twi ...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 18,575 ratings · 3,914 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega (Goodreads Author), Rose Bousamra (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 7,870 ratings — published 2022 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witchlings (Witchlings #1) 4.15 avg rating — 4,065 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost Squad 3.81 avg rating — 4,101 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reclaim the Stars by Zoraida Córdova (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Vita Ayala (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David Bowles (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 1,246 ratings — published 2022 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Golden Frog Games (Witchlings #2) 4.31 avg rating — 805 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Warmest Winter: A Witchlings Short Story (Witchlings #1.5) 4.64 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	House of Elephants (Witchlings #3) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remember 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	30 Ways to Kill Your Avatar by Claribel A. Ortega (Goodreads Author), Rose Bousamra 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Imagine working for years on a book, revising, getting feedback, revising again and then finally sending out to agents only to get rejections, all because of one page. That’s what can happen when you don’t work on your query and I’ve found that seeing examples of queries that work can help, so today I’m sharing mine! I wrote a few versions of my query letter over the course of a

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Witchlings (3 books)
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Every year in the U.S., we observe National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 through October 15. And this is the perfect...

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City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)

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These Witches Don't Burn (These Witches Don't Burn, #1)

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City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)

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“We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe...”
― Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

tags: learning-and-development, unlearning

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“Hard work doesn’t guarantee success, only no regrets,”
― Claribel A. Ortega, Witchlings

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“If a dragon could come pick her up right now, that would be great. Perfect timing.”
― Claribel A. Ortega, Witchlings

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