Mermaids Never Drown Tales to Dive For by Zoraida Cordova, Natalie C. Parker and Darcie Little Badger

14 Young Adult short stories from bestselling and award-winning
authors make a splash in Mermaids Never Drown - the second
collectionin theUntold Legends series edited by Zoraida Cordova and
Natalie C. Parker - exploring mermaids like we've never seen them
before!
A Vietnamese mermaid caught between two worlds. A siren who falls for
Poseidon's son. A boy secretly pining for the merboy who saved him years
ago. A storm that brings humans and mermaids together. Generations of
family secrets and pain.
Find all these stories and more in this gripping new collection that will reel you
in from the very first page! Welcome to an ocean of hurt, fear, confusion, rage,
hope, humor, discovery, and love in its many forms.
Edited by Zoraida Cordova and Natalie C. Parker, Mermaids Never Drown
features beloved authors like Darcie Little Badger, Kalynn Bayron, Preeti
Chhibber, Rebecca Coffindaffer, Julie C. Dao, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Adriana
Herrera, June Hur, Katherine Locke, Kerri Maniscalco, Julie Murphy, Gretchen
Schreiber, and Julian Winters.

Zoraida Cordova is the acclaimed author of more than two dozen novels and
short stories, including the Brooklyn Brujas series, Star Wars: The High
Republic: Convergence, and The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina . In addition
to writing novels, she serves on the board of We Need Diverse Books, and is
the co-editor of the bestselling anthology Vampires Never Get Old, as well as
the cohost of the writing podcast, Deadline City. She writes romance novels as
Zoey Castile. Zoraida was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and calls New York
City home. When she's not working, she's roaming the world in search of
magical stories. Natalie C. Parker is an author, editor, and community
organizer. She has written several award winning books for teens and young
readers and has edited multiple anthologies including the Indie Bestselling
anthology Vampires Never Get Old . Her work has been included on the NPR
Best Books list, the Indie Next List, and the TAYSHAS Reading List, and in
Junior Library Guild selections. In addition to writing, Natalie also runs
Madcap Retreats, which has partnered with We Need Diverse Books and
Reese's Book Club to host the writers workshops for their new internship Lit
Up. She grew up in a navy family finding home in coastal cities from Virginia to
Japan and currently lives with her wife on the Kansas prairie.

Feiwel and Friends
On Sale: Sep 26/23
6 x 9 • 320 pages
9781250823816 • $26.99 • CL - With dust jacket
YA Fic / Diversity & Multicultural • Ages 14-18 years
Series: Untold Legends