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Aya de Leon

Aya de Leon
Aya de Leon is the author of the Justice Hustlers series, including SIDE CHICK NATION, the first novel published about Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. In 2021 Kensington will publish her first spy novel. She is currently working on getting her books sold in the airport.
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Aya de León and Cleyvis Natera On Gentrification, Justice, and Latinx Fiction

"I often envision a world where borders don’t exist."

June 21, 2022  By Aya de Leon
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Intersectional Feminist Spy Fiction: A Conversation with Aya de Leon, Lauren Wilkinson, and Rosalie Knecht

Three authors driving the evolution of espionage fiction.

August 18, 2021  By Aya de Leon
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American Dirt Is The Latest Shot Fired in the Genre Wars

American Dirt may be trauma porn, but that doesn't mean that a novel engaged with politics has to be literary—on the contrary, commercial fiction reaches a far wider audience.

February 7, 2020  By Aya de Leon
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A Tale of Two Sex Worker
Heist Stories

Aya de Leon on Hustlers, social justice, and the complicated intersection of feminism and crime.

November 21, 2019  By Aya de Leon
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It's Time for Urban Fiction to Get Some Literary Respect

Other genres have gone mainstream. Why does the publishing world offer up the same old excuses about urban fiction?

July 8, 2019  By Aya de Leon
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Immigration Narratives in Crime Fiction

The Good Immigrant/Bad Immigrant Myth in Fact and Fiction

September 21, 2018  By Aya de Leon
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