(McClean, Danielle) Danielle Y. C. McClean is an author, translator, interpreter, and Spanish teacher. She has advanced degrees in French, Spanish, and law, and is passionate about language, mythology, and learning about different cultures. The Protectors’ Pledge: Secrets of Oscuros (Caribbean Reads Publishing) is McClean’s award-winning debut novel, the first in her Secrets of Oscuros series. Twelve-year-old JV is drawn into a search deep inside the Oscuros Forest, a place of danger and magical beings, in which the fate of his village will be decided.
