Broken Promises

By Anita Perez Ferguson

2022 SFWC YA Fiction Writing Contest Winner

"The tightly wound plot flows effortlessly from one moment to the next.... readers will find themselves inspired by th

• Language: English
• Publisher: Luz Publications
• Release date: Feb 6, 2023
• ISBN: 9780967330037

Anita Perez Ferguson

Dr. Perez Ferguson is a cross-cultural educator and consultant. Her fiction brings to life the voices of California inhabitants living 200 years ago. Her non-fiction promotes the voices of under-represented communities in the twenty-first century. This earned her the 2014 Lacayo Lifetime Achievement Award from the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute. She is an Advisor and Former Chair for the InterAmerican Foundation and a Visiting Lecturer for the Council for Independent Colleges. She enjoys living and writing on the Pacific coast.

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