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    SPOTLIGHT SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA

    Feb 13, 2022 3 minutes
    Words: Graeme Green
    Photo: Martin Dee

    ‘I’m an abnormality,’ says Silvia Moreno-Garcia. ‘It’s always been an uphill battle for me and my agent. The system isn’t designed to accept other points of view.’

    The other points of view she is talking about are Mexican stories and perspectives which land outside the limited subjects the publishing world (and film and TV) think audiences want: stories about cartels and immigrants crossing the border into El Norte (The North). Moreno-Garcia’s bestselling broke free from those restrictions: a historical horror story, about a young woman investigating her cousin’s claims that her husband is trying to murder her.

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