Jenny Torres Sanchez

Jenny Torres Sanchez is an American writer of young adult fiction.

Biography Sanchez was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother is from Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, and her father is from El Salvador.

She received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Central Florida and attempted to receive a Master of Arts in Creative Writing, but she was rejected four times. but left her job to help care for her second son, who showed developmental delays at 15 months old. The Fall of Innocence (2018); and We Are Not from Here (2020). +Awards for Sanchez's writing Year Title Award Result Ref. 2017 Because of the Sun Florida Book Award for Young Adult Literature Gold American Library Association's Best Fiction for Young Adults Top 10 2024 The Collectors: Stories|Michael L. Printz Award Winner Publications

Books

The Downside of Being Charlie (2012) Death, Dickinson, and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia (2013) Because of the Sun (2017) The Fall of Innocence (2018) We Are Not From Here (2020) With Lots of Love, illustrated by Andres Ceolin (2022)

Short stories and essays

"In the Past" in Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration, edited by Rose Brock (2018) "Is Something Bothering You?" in Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America, edited by Amy Reed (2018) "A Small Light" in Battle of the Bands, edited by Lauren Gibaldi and Eric Smith (2021) "¿Dónde Está el Duende?" in Our Shadows Have Claws, edited by Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz (2022) "Ring of Fire" in The Collectors'', edited by A.S. King (2023)