Jennifer Torres is the award-winning author of Stef Soto, Taco Queen; The Catalina Incognito series; Lola Out Loud; and other books for young readers. She writes stories about home, friendship,and unexpected courage inspired by her Mexican American heritage. Jennifer started her career as a newspaper reporter, and even though she writes fiction now, she hopes her stories still have some truth in them. Jennifer holds a doctorate in education and lives with her family in Southern California.

Like me, the characters I write live in a world filled with English and Spanish. I hope the sounds and textures of that world are also familiar to readers, and that my books help show them that the words they think and dream and laugh in—in whatever language or languages they speak—are precious and powerful.