Romina Garber

Romina Garber is a bestselling author. Her books include Cazadora and, under pen name Romina Russell, the four-book Zodiac series. Manuela Azul is an undocumented immigrant on the run from her father’s Argentine crime-family. She’s confined to a small apartment and a small life in Miami, Florida. Until her protective bubble is shattered. Her surrogate grandmother is attacked, lifelong lies are exposed, and her mother is arrested by ICE. Without a home, but also without shackles, Manu investigates the only clue she has about her past—a mysterious “Z” emblem that leads her to a secret world buried within our own. It’s a world connected to her dead father and his criminal past, a world straight out of Argentine folklore, where the seventh consecutive daughter is born a witch and the seventh consecutive son is a lobizón, a werewolf. In Lobizona (Wednesday Books) we follow Manu as she uncovers her story and traces her real heritage all the way back to a cursed city in Argentina. As it turns out, it’s not just her U.S. residency that’s illegal, it’s her entire existence. In a starred review Publishers Weekly noted that “In a timely work of magical realism featuring references to Borges and Garcia Márquez, Garber tackles issues of nationalism, identity, and belonging…This layered novel blends languages and cultures to create a narrative that celebrates perseverance.”