Gabino Iglesias

1 week ago | gabinoiglesias.substack.com | Gabino Iglesias

Hello, everyone! I’m back after ten days in California and I had an absolute blast at residency. Great people. Great conversations. Amazing students/writers. Solid events/workshops/panels. Always a good time. In any case, on Saturday night I was applauding at graduation instead of being at StokerCon with a bunch of friends watching other friends win Stokers.

1 month ago | bookshop.org | Gabino Iglesias

Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with 20% off these select books. Shop here!This title will be released on:May 27, 2025Add to WishlistBookshop.org has the highest-rated customer service of any bookstore in the worldDescriptionThe first novel from one of the most electrifying voices in contemporary crime fiction, Gabino Iglesias, follows Fernando, a drug dealer and enforcer living in Austin whose life takes a lethal turn when an unknown gang with seemingly supernatural abilities arrives on his turf.

1 month ago | gabinoiglesias.substack.com | Gabino Iglesias

(Photo by tbretc.bsky.social)Listen, I’m not gonna throw my whole CV at you, but I’ve been a freelancer for a very long time and have written–or still write!–for places like The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, Esquire, the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, and a bunch of others. I’ve written and contributed to a LOT of lists over the last fifteen years. Best of the year lists. Summer lists. Lists about (insert something) authors you should know.

1 month ago | gabinoiglesias.substack.com | Gabino Iglesias

I encourage you to write today. To create in whatever form you prefer, but as a reader who wants more great books and a writer who lives for this thing, I encourage you to write today. Write with a knife between your teeth. Write about that thing you rarely talk about. Write that memory as fiction so you can share a chunk of your heart with the world. Write angry. Write sad. Write instead of doomscrolling or arguing with people online. I encourage you to write today.

1 month ago | gabinoiglesias.substack.com | Gabino Iglesias

Listen, I promise this is about fitness, but I have to tell you a sad story first. Consider it context or whatever. My reason for writing this thing. Back in November of 2021, my good friend Petra Mayer passed away from a pulmonary embolism. Petra was my editor at NPR. She was the first editor to take a pitch from me there. She showed me how to really use the em dash. She asked for more of my voice. She was instrumental in my reviewing career.