Rudy Garcia

R. Ch. Garcia had a dozen adult, short stories and one alternate-world novel published under another name. But that's unimportant because anymore he only writes stories for young adults and children. His first was a children's fable, in Spanish, published by Cricket in Revista Iguana. Writing in Northside Denver, he gardens, landscapes, woodworks and cares for cactus and wild birds that visit his and wife Carmen's gardens, like his two Nietos. Plus he has a bright, friendly dog Menqui and a sorta good cat, Great Huntress. He's lucky and privileged to live well, so his writing focuses on young people for the day everyone can be as lucky. His adopted credo: "Give up on the adults!" [P. Bacigalupi]

Besides published short stories, Garcia’s two speculative novels were honored by the International Latino Book Awards in SciFi/Fantasy. His last, Death Song of the Dragón Chicxulub earning 1st prize in the Book-to-Movie 2024 SF/F category. A short story appeared in the 2024 Porvenir Ya! sci/fi anthology, another will appear in the 2025 Chicano sci-fi anthology Chicanofuturism Now! His YA Historical Fantasy novella, The Obsidian Princess & the Grand Gardener, Dec. 2024, is based in the magic, myth and lore of the 1400s Mexica, 100 years before Cortez.