KEYNOTE ADDRESS + BOOKSIGNING | ENGLISH ONLY | Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of “Silver Nitrate,” “The Daughter of Doctor Moreau,” “Mexican Gothic,” and many other books. She has won the Locus, British Fantasy and World Fantasy awards.

Assembled in Mexicali and exported to Canada, Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of a number of critically acclaimed novels, including Silver Nitrate, Gods of Jade and Shadow (Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, Ignyte Award), Mexican Gothic (Locus Award, British Fantasy Award, Pacific Northwest Book Award, Aurora Award, Goodreads Award), and Velvet Was the Night (finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Macavity Award). She writes in a variety of genres including fantasy, horror, noir and historical.

She has edited several anthologies, including She Walks in Shadows (World Fantasy Award winner, published in the USA as Cthulhu’s Daughters). Silvia is the publisher of Innsmouth Free Press. Her fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Best American Mystery and Suspense.

She has an MA in Science and Technology Studies from the University of British Columbia. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

“Silver Nitrate is a popcorn thrill ride into the underbelly of 1990s Mexican horror movies and occultism. Moreno-Garcia crafts a world so rich with details and history that you won’t be able to look away. Beyond being a break-neck read, this is a book that forces readers to reckon with the monsters that scare us, on screen and in the shadows.”

— Dana Schwartz, author of Anatomy: A Love Story

The End of Genre

Silvia Moreno-Garcia, known for her diverse storytelling and genre-defying narratives, will talk about “The End of Genre.” Her book, Mexican Gothic, has been selected for this year’s Big Read.