V. Castro was born in San Antonio, Texas, to Mexican American parents. She’s been writing horror stories since she was a child, always fascinated by Mexican folklore and the urban legends of Texas. Castro now lives in the United Kingdom with her family, writing and traveling with her children.
“The provocative novel is haunting and packed with dark
secrets.”—Today
“Creepy yet insightful.”—Culturess
“Castro is one of the most exciting genre authors on the
scene right now, and this might be her most powerful book
yet.”—Paste Magazine, Most Anticipated Horror Novels of 2023
“V. Castro’s The Haunting of Alejandra isn’t your typical horror
novel. Follow along as Alejandra digs into her past and
taps into the power of her ancestors so she can save her
future.”—People en Español
“V. Castro’s heroine is haunted by the spirit of La
Llorona. . . . She must go to a curandera and process her personal
and generational trauma . . . in what also functions as a
perfect metaphor for . . . seeing the societal structures and
history that contribute to our present-day malaise.”—CrimeReads
“Speaking of Goddesses, Castro is the
goddess of Indigenous Mexican Indigenous horror, and I
also can’t wait for The Haunting of Alejandra.”—Literary Hub
“[A] ravishing and provocative literary horror
novel about motherhood, family legacy, and
self-discovery.”—Jump Scares
“Provocative, haunting, and packed with secrets.”—Electric
Literature
“The Haunting of Alejandra is deeply rooted in culture and
beautifully explores diaspora and generational trauma through the
lens of the supernatural horror genre.”—Zoraida Córdova, author of
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
“A powerful story about motherhood, trauma, love, and the ways that
myths can and should be rewritten . . . If you’re a horror fan and
you haven’t picked up V. Castro, you need to fix that.”—Sarah
Langan, author of Good Neighbors
“V. Castro charts a terrifying legacy of tears with The Haunting of
Alejandra, an empathic epic that maps out the birth of a curse and
tethers itself to the very ancestry of its tragic
protagonist.”—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Ghost Eaters
“Sometimes being a woman can be hell. In V. Castro’s dark, heroic
tale, a woman draws on her familial roots to save herself and her
children—by facing down a soul-devouring demon.”—Alma Katsu, author
of The Fervor
“Wonderfully heartfelt, relentlessly dark, and superbly written . .
. Don’t miss it.”—Gabino Iglesias, author of The Devil Takes You
Home
“An intricate tale that blends folklore, grief, and revenge to
create horrifying images that are sure to be etched into the
imaginations of readers for years to come . . . a
must-read.”—Sergio Gomez, author of Camp Slaughter
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