Gabby Rivera, Author and Marvel Comic Writer

Rivera is the author of the critically-acclaimed YA novel Juliet Takes a Breath, a coming-of-age story starring a queer puertorriqueña experiencing one transformative summer. Rivera’s new Marvel series America stars America Chavez, a queer, Latinx superhero who tackles America’s ancestry and ethnicity. America is also a comic book with wide appeal: it’s committed to snappy one-liners, blowing stuff up, and beating up the bad guys, naturally.