Jonny Garza Villa

Jonny is an award-winning author of contemporary young adult and new adult novels inspired by their own Tejane & Chicane and queer identities including their debut novel Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun, a Pura Belpré Honor Book, a Finalist for the Texas Institute of Letters' Jean Flynn Award for Best Young Adult Book, and a Kirkus Best YA Fiction of 2021 selection; Ander & Santi Were Here, a Stonewall Honor Book, an International Latino Book Award winner for Best Young Adult Fiction, a Barnes & Noble YA Book Club selection, a LatineLit Bestseller, a Finalist for the Texas Institute of Letters' Jean Flynn Award for Best Young Adult Book, an AudioFile Earphone Award Winner, and named a Best YA of 2023 selection by Bookshop.org and Audible; and Canto Contigo, the winner of the Stonewall Book Award for 2025, an AudioFile Earphone Award Winner, and named a Best Book for Teens by the New York Public Library and the Los Angeles Public Library; their new adult debut romance Futbolista, is expected spring 2025.