A Conversation with Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Bestselling author Silvia Moreno-Garcia closes the Fall for the Book festival discussing her novel The Seventh Veil of Salome, an historical epic about the drama on and off the screen for a 1950s Hollywood actress who wins the role of a lifetime. Kirkus Reviews calls her writing “Intelligent, exciting, and written absolutely beautifully… Moreno-Garcia proves, once again, that she is a master of her craft.” Moreno-Garcia is also the author of Mexican Gothic, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, and many other books. Sponsored by the

This event is part of the Fall for the Book Festival. To view the full schedule, visit fallforthebook.org/schedule.

About the Author:

Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination. Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of a number of critically acclaimed novels, including Gods of Jade and Shadow (Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, Ignyte Award), Mexican Gothic (Locus Award, British Fantasy Award, Pacific Northwest Book Award, Aurora Award, Goodreads Award), Velvet Was the Night (finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Macavity Award), and her newest book, The Seventh Veil of Salome which was a Good Morning America Book Club pick for August 2024. She has edited several anthologies, including She Walks in Shadows (World Fantasy Award winner, published in the USA as Cthulhu’s Daughters). Silvia is the publisher of Innsmouth Free Press. Her fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. She has an MA in Science and Technology Studies from the University of British Columbia. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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