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Lilliam Rivera

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in New York, The United States

July 03

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Young Adult, Fiction, Contemporary

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Lilliam Rivera is an award-winning author of children’s books including her latest Never Look Back, a retelling of the Greek myth Orpheus and Eurydice set in New York by Bloomsbury Publishing. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Elle, to name a few. Lilliam lives in Los Angeles.

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Average rating: 3.79 · 18,277 ratings · 3,776 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Education of Margot Sánchez 3.61 avg rating — 2,727 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never Look Back 3.88 avg rating — 1,430 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dealing in Dreams 3.43 avg rating — 1,000 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tiny Threads 3.16 avg rating — 988 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unearthed: A Jessica Cruz Story by Lilliam Rivera (Goodreads Author), Steph C. (Illustrator) 3.63 avg rating — 748 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Barely Floating 3.92 avg rating — 620 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Light Up the Sky 3.19 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goldie Vance: The Hotel Whodunit 3.46 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goldie Vance: The Hocus-Pocus Hoax by Lilliam Rivera (Goodreads Author), Hope Larson (Creator), Brittney Williams (Creator) 3.64 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tin Man by Lilliam Rivera (Goodreads Author), LeVar Burton (Narrator) 3.67 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dealing In Dreams Cover Reveal

Hi! I'm so excited to share the cover of my new young adult novel, Dealing In Dreams. Teen Vogue does the cover reveal with an excerpt from the first chapter. Check it out!

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Goldie Vance (2 books)
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Adaptation (Adaptation, #1)

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The Lifecycle of Software Objects

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The Word for World Is Forest

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“I thought home needed to be tall and luminous, a glowing building with a luxurious setting. Status. What I failed to understand is home is not where I place my head down at night or the color of my furniture. Home is the people I surrounded myself with, the ones I break bread with. The keepers of my secrets and my fears. It is to be loved and to give love without inhibitions.”
― Lilliam Rivera, Dealing in Dreams

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“Everyone in this house hides behind closed doors. We build fortresses to bar people from scaling the walls and getting in. But even with the amount of time we spend sheltering ourselves there's no way of concealing our problems.”
― Lilliam Rivera, The Education of Margot Sánchez

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“Farther down our street real houses exist—large mansions with many rooms and long front yards. But at least we live next to the rich. We live Rich Adjacent. Papi pulls into”
― Lilliam Rivera, The Education of Margot Sanchez

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