Maria E. Andreu https://mariaeandreu.com/ Site of author Maria E. Andreu Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:23:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 172568468 The day I let myself believe https://mariaeandreu.com/2025/12/19/the-day-i-let-myself-believe/ Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:23:09 +0000 https://mariaeandreu.com/?p=24753 Returning to my much-neglected blog, I realized it’s been almost two years since I’ve posted here. My most recent post gives a hint. In that, I wondered, “Is happiness bad for writing?” Short answer: it’s at least bad for blogging, for me. Much has happened since the days I sought refuge daily by screaming into […]

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]]> 24753 Immigrant Novels That Matter: My Recommended Reading for Books About Immigration and the Immigrant Story https://mariaeandreu.com/2025/12/19/immigrant-novels-that-matter-my-recommended-reading-for-books-about-immigration-and-the-immigrant-story/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 23:27:47 +0000 https://mariaeandreu.com/?p=24746 As a novelist who has spent my life shaped by immigration, I’m drawn again and again to immigrant novels that explore what it means to leave one home behind and build another. I grew up undocumented in the U.S., and that experience, the everyday fear and longing, the complicated love for the country that didn’t […]

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]]> 24746 Happiness is bad for writing. Is writing bad for happiness? https://mariaeandreu.com/2024/02/08/happiness-is-bad-for-writing-is-writing-bad-for-happiness/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 20:23:33 +0000 https://mariaeandreu.com/?p=24651 This past year, I went welding, fell in love, stuck my toes in the sand, traipsed through Buenos Aires, slow danced in several antique stores, spent lazy afternoons in my favorite places in New York,  laughed more than in the last five years combined, and committed to my health in a way that has been […]

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]]> 24651 Sneak Peek into JULIETA AND THE ROMEOS https://mariaeandreu.com/2023/05/24/sneak-peek-into-julieta-and-the-romeos-2/ Wed, 24 May 2023 14:23:42 +0000 https://mariaeandreu.com/?p=24623 Epic Reads just posted an excerpt of JULIETA AND THE ROMEOS. Check it out! Click here. Want to see it typeset? Click here.                  

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]]> 24623 Book Launch Event at Books of Wonder https://mariaeandreu.com/2023/05/08/book-launch-event-at-books-of-wonder/ Mon, 08 May 2023 18:16:26 +0000 https://mariaeandreu.com/?p=24590 I’m so excited for my upcoming book launch party at Books of Wonder. Deets: When: May 22, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. Where: Books of Wonder, 42 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011 There will be goodie bags, snacks, and bookish fun. It would be so great to see you there!  

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]]> 24590 Poughkeepsie Book Festival https://mariaeandreu.com/2023/05/01/poughkeepsie-book-festival-2/ Mon, 01 May 2023 16:46:16 +0000 https://mariaeandreu.com/?p=24593 Poughkeepsie always puts on a great book festival, and this year’s was no exception. A gym full of authors, readers, and, of course, books! What could be more awesome? Sign up to hear about their next one here.

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]]> 24593 Saying’s what’s true https://mariaeandreu.com/2022/12/08/sayings-whats-true/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 17:41:33 +0000 https://mariaeandreu.com/?p=24481 I didn’t write as much as I would have liked to in 2022. 2021 and the early part of this year were scary, financially, so I leaned into getting work to compensate. Lots of work. All the work. So, actually, if I’m being accurate, I wrote a ton in 2022. As my upcoming book’s publication […]

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]]> 24481 The results are in! Here’s what I learned on the book pre-order campaign survey https://mariaeandreu.com/2022/08/19/the-results-are-in-heres-what-i-learned-on-the-book-preorder-campaign-survey/ Fri, 19 Aug 2022 12:46:08 +0000 https://mariaeandreu.com/?p=24412 In anticipation of my book coming out next year, I’ve been wondering what makes a great book pre-order campaign. The reporting on the first week a book is out compiles sales data from ALL the books sold in the months leading to the publication date. This means that the books sold prior to publication are […]

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]]> 24412 Oblong Books Presents: Hudson Valley YA Society Big Read 2022 https://mariaeandreu.com/2022/03/31/oblong-books-presents-hudson-valley-ya-society-big-read-2022/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 23:58:24 +0000 https://mariaeandreu.com/?p=24378 Oblong Books is hosting a National Endowment for the Arts Big Read event, put together by the Hudson Valley YA Society and I get to be on the panel! I’m super excited about this one, as it will also feature my dear friend Margarita Longoria and Adi Alsaid, who edited the anthology Come On In, […]

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]]> 24378 Meet Alda P. Dobbs, author of Pura Belpre Honor book Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna https://mariaeandreu.com/2022/03/14/meet-alda-p-dobbs-author-of-pura-belpre-honor-book-barefoot-dreams-of-petra-luna/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:44:38 +0000 https://mariaeandreu.com/?p=24369 Meet Alda P. Dobbs! I feel lucky to have some pretty cool writing friends, and Alda P. Dobbs is chief among them. Learn about the awesome way we met, what inspired her to write her break-out hit Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna… and meet a special guest star with some pretty cool questions at the […]

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