{"id":2777,"date":"2019-02-12T18:19:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T18:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-harpercollinsfocuscom.kinsta.cloud\/blinkyabooks\/?post_type=sp_authors_posts&#038;p=2777"},"modified":"2026-01-23T09:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T09:51:22","slug":"mayra-cuevas","status":"publish","type":"sp_authors_posts","link":"https:\/\/staging.harpercollinsfocus.hcusweb.com\/blinkyabooks\/authors\/mayra-cuevas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayra Cuevas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Born and raised in Puerto Rico,&nbsp;Mayra Cuevas is a professional journalist and fiction writer who adores love stories with happy endings. Her debut fiction short story was selected by Becky Albertalli as a New Voice in the&nbsp;<em>Foreshadow<\/em>&nbsp;YA serial anthology in 2019. She is a TV and digital producer for CNN, where she has worked since 2003. She keeps her sanity by practicing Buddhist meditation and serves on the Board of Directors of Kadampa Meditation Center Georgia. She lives in the colorful town of Norcross, Georgia with her husband, also a CNN journalist, and their cat, Felicia. She is the wicked step-mom to two amazing young men who provide plenty of inspiration for her stories. Follow her on Twitter @MayraECuevas&nbsp;and Instagram&nbsp;@MayraCuevas&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born and raised in Puerto Rico,&nbsp;Mayra Cuevas is a professional journalist and fiction writer who adores love stories with happy endings. Her debut fiction short story was selected by Becky Albertalli as a New Voice in the&nbsp;Foreshadow&nbsp;YA serial anthology in 2019. 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