18 Published BooksKiara Valdez
Kiara Valdez is an Afro-Dominican writer and an editor at First Second. She was born and raised in New York City (shout out to Washington Heights) and has been an avid comics reader all her life. She graduated from Williams College with a double major in English Literature and Japanese, and spends her free time reading, writing, and enjoying a long list of other hobbies she can't keep up with.
She is currently working on writing original graphic novels and picture books, and is also interested in writing more storybooks and shorter kids books.
