In this episode of the SCBWI Podcast we are joined by Donna Barba Higuera!
Donna grew up in Central California surrounded by agricultural and oil fields. As a child, rather than dealing with the regular dust devils, she preferred spending recess squirreled away in the janitor’s closet with a good book. Her favorite hobbies were calling dial-a-story over and over again, and sneaking into a restricted cemetery to weave her own spooky tales using the crumbling headstones as inspiration.
Donna's Middle Grade and Picture Books are about kids who find themselves in odd or scary situations. From language to cultural differences in being biracial life can become…complicated. So like Donna, characters tackle more than just the bizarre things that happen to them in their lives.
Donna likes to write about all things funny, but also sad, and creepy, and magical. If you like those things, she hopes you will read her books!
Donna lives in Washington State with her family, two dogs and a frog.
Buy here latest novel:https://bookshop.org/a/19191/9781646144129
And check out the rest of her books here: https://bookshop.org/contributors/donna-barba-higuera
Visit Donna's website here: https://www.dbhiguera.com/
Follow her on IG: https://www.instagram.com/donnabarbahiguera/
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