Maricelia Sanchez
Writer & Storyteller
Southern California is known for it’s sunny skies, beautiful beaches and panoramic mountain views. It is also home to Hollywood’s rich and famous. Somewhere tucked away in all that splendor a little girl of modest means was born. They named her Maricelia. Mari for short.
Mari learned early on the importance of reading and the power that books contained. She spent a grand portion of her early years at the public library where she would check out as many books as she was able to cram into her canvas tote bag. The one with the blue turtle on the front.
Mari knew early on she was going to be a writer. How could she not with words and stories swirling through her mind at all times. Everything she did, places she went or people she met played some role in the stories she created. So she wrote...
Caper Novel
All For the Love of Otis
The stakes are high when a late-night craving for a freshly baked Otis Chunkmeyer cookie takes over. When Rita Almuguer can no longer resist, she sets out on what was to be a seemingly innocent mission only to find herself wrapped up in a murder investigation. Will her passion for baked goods be the end of her life as she knows it or will her natural curiosity and whimsical ways prove her innocence. The real question is will she ever get her Otis Chunkmeyer cookie?
Children's Books
YA Novel
Jose
In the early stages of the Second World War, Jose tried to enlist, but was turned away because of his age. At just 16, he felt a great sense of pride and duty to defend his country. He was not a boy, but not yet a man in the eyes of the government. Pearl Harbor would change that. In a whirlwind of events, Jose is drafted and forced to leave his family and friends to defend the United States of America. The country he loves and the only one he really knows. He's assigned somewhere in the Pacific aboard the USS Savo Island, an aircraft carrier. While floating out in the abyss, his citizenship is called into question. From there, a grand adventure he could not foresee, begins.
