Award-Winning Author, Illustrator & Poet

About the Author

Desirée Calderón de Fawaz is the winner of the 2018 Middle East Book Award for her children’s book Tata’s Earrings (Los Aretes de Tata). Now, the former microbiologist brings us her debut novel Quetzalli’s Last Song, an adventure based on experiences from her unconventional Mexican childhood. In this novel, Desirée is determined to combat the misrepresentation of her cultures through Brum Hesles: a stressed, witty, female protagonist that will surely leave readers of POC works yearning for more.

Desirée now lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and three children. When not negotiating peace amongst quarreling chaneques, she practices yoga, learns herbology, and enjoys challenging what you think you know about the world. 

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News & Events

April

RELEASE! Book 1 of The Brum Hesles Series: "Quetzalli's Last Song."

What People Are Saying...

There is something special about this tale that every kid and even adults can feel when you read it – the special bond between Tata and Maya, the stories of a grandfather who embodied strength, compassion and love for others. Beautiful message.  
 

Mother of Paola Belloso (age 10),  

READER VIEWS

Through delightful text and gorgeous illustrations, Desiree Calderon takes us on a colorful adventure around the world, in which a little girl learns to see the magic and wonder of life through an epic yet simple account of how grandma's magical earrings traveled the globe until they found her.

Rebecca Massey,
PHOTOGRAPHER

Tata's earrings is a charming little book that resonates with multicultural kids, but teaches all children how, despite where our ancestors come from, we are all equally magical creatures.

Maria Papandreou,

KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

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