“WELCOME TO YOUR ROMANCE ERA” – PANEL

ADRIANA HERRERA is a USA Today bestselling and Audie Award-winning author who was born and raised in the Caribbean. For the last 15 years, she has let her job (and her spouse) take her all over the world. She loves writing stories about people who look and sound like her getting unapologetically happy endings. The New York Times called her book "sweet, thoughtful, and delightfully filthy too." When she’s not dreaming up love stories, planning logistically complex vacations with her family, or hunting for discount Broadway tickets, Herrera is a trauma therapist in New York City, working with survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

BRIELLA GAMEZ is a Mexican American writer from South Texas. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English, works as a library aide, and is studying library sciences to become a youth librarian.

A native of New Jersey, CELESTINE MARTIN writes whimsical and flirty paranormal romances that celebrate the beauty of everyday magic. Her book Witchful Thinking (Forever) debuted in 2022, followed by Kiss and Spell (Forever) in 2023. Deja Brew (Forever), her third book in the Elemental Love series, was released in 2024. A former teenage witch and crone in training, Martin lives in New York City with her family. Check in on her at celestinemartin.com.

DANICA NAVA is an enrolled citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and works as an executive assistant in the tech industry. She has an MBA from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. Nava currently lives in Southern California with her husband and daughter. The Truth According to Ember (Berkley) is her debut novel. You can find her on Instagram at the handle @danica_nava.

MARIANA ZAPATA is a New York Times, USA Today, international, and No. 1 Amazon bestselling author. Her books have been translated into more than 20 languages. She is a Texan living in a small town in Colorado with her husband and their beloved Great Danes. When she's not pretending to write, she's reading.

NATALIE CAÑA is a writer who loves to incorporate her you’ll-never-believe-what-just-happened-to-me personal experiences, enthusiasm for telenovela tomfoolery, and love for her Latine culture into creating saucy stories with shenanigans and sabor.