The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities

Carlos Hernandez is the author behind the spooky collection The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities. If you enjoy tales that blend the unsettling with the strange, you'll find a lot to like here.

Graci Kim is the author of the fun and spooky middle-grade series, The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities. If you're looking for thrilling adventures with a touch of the supernatural, you'll love her stories.

J.C. Cervantes — Jennifer Cervantes — is a New York Times bestselling American author from New Mexico who writes for middle-grade, young adult and adult readers. Her debut, Tortilla Sun (2010), was a New Voices pick; she is best known for The Storm Runner trilogy (2018–2020), published under Rick Riordan Presents, in which a disabled New Mexico boy called Zane Obispo discovers he is the son of the Maya storm god Hurakan. She has since written The Lords of Night, the YA novels Flirting with Fate...

Kwame Mbalia is the author of The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities, a collection of spooky tales perfect for young readers. If you enjoy thrilling adventures with a touch of the supernatural, you'll want to check out his work.

Rebecca Roanhorse (born September 23, 1971, in Conway, Arkansas) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer based in Northern New Mexico. She holds degrees from Yale University, Union Theological Seminary, and the University of New Mexico School of Law. Her novels include the Sixth World duology (Trail of Lightning, Storm of Locusts) and the Between Earth and Sky trilogy (Black Sun, Fevered Star, Mirrored Heavens), which won the 2025 Hugo Award for Best Series, along with Star Wars: Resi...

An American author born June 5, 1964, in San Antonio, Texas, Rick Riordan writes mythology-based fiction for young readers. Before his publishing career, he taught English and history at public and private middle schools in San Antonio and the San Francisco Bay Area for fifteen years. While teaching, he wrote the adult Tres Navarre mystery series, which won the top three national mystery awards: the Edgar, the Anthony, and the Shamus. Percy Jackson originated as a bedtime story Riordan invented...

Roshani Chokshi is an American author of fantasy for young adult, middle grade and adult readers, drawing on Hindu mythology, Filipino folklore and fairy tales. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a Gujarati father and a Filipino mother, and left law school to write after selling her first novel. Her debut, The Star-Touched Queen (2016), was followed by A Crown of Wishes, the Gilded Wolves trilogy (2019 to 2021) and the middle-grade Pandava Quintet that begins with Aru Shah and the End of Ti...

Sarwat Chadda is a New York Times bestselling author of MG and YA who loves writing fantasy and adventure. A first-generation immigrant, Sarwat Chadda has spent a lifetime integrating the best of his Muslim heritage with the country of his birth. There have been tensions and celebrations, but he’d not wish it any other way. A life-long gamer, he embraced his passion for over-the-top adventure stories by swapping a twenty-year career in engineering for a new one as a writer. That resulted in...

Tehlor Kay Mejia is the author behind The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities, a collection of spooky tales perfect for fans of dark fantasy. If you enjoy stories with a touch of the macabre and a whole lot of imagination, you'll want to check out their work.

Yoon Ha Lee is the author of the collection The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities. They write science fiction and fantasy, often with a unique twist.