Jonny Garza Villa (they/them) is product of the Great State of Texas; a Sagittarius sun, Capricorn everything else; and an award-winning author of contemporary young adult and new adult novels inspired by their own Tejane & Chicane and queer identities. Their books include Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun, Ander & Santi Were Here, and, most recently, Canto Contigo.