Caridad Ferrer

Barbara Caridad Ferrer is a first generation, bilingual Cuban-American, born in Manhattan and raised in Miami, which means she speaks Spanish at least well enough to regularly employ the colorful expressions. Her young adult debut, Adiós to My Old Life (MTV Books/2006), won the Romance Writers of America's 2007 RITA® for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance; her second MTV Books novel, It's Not About the Accent will be released in August 2007 and is already garnering praise such as, "Reminiscent of Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez’s The Dirty Girls’ Social Club, this feisty and fun novel is proof that Caridad Ferrer is a rising star in the rapidly growing teen fiction genre." (RomanticAdvances.com) She has also contributed to the anthology, Fifteen Candles: 15 Tales of Taffeta, Hairspray, Drunk Uncles, and Other Quinceañera Stories (Harper Collins/Rayo).