EPISODE SUMMARY
My guest today was born in San Antonio, Texas to a Hispanic-American father and a British-American mother. She developed an early interest in art and language, winning first place in the National Language Arts Olympiad when she was eleven years old. She studied art and photography at the University of Texas–San Antonio, graduating with honors. Upon the death of her twin in 2014, she decided to write professionally in her sister’s honor. Her first novella, a suspense thriller titled The House of Wynne Lift, won the Literary Titan Gold Book Award. Descent of the Vile is her first novel and launches in 2023. Welcome to Authors Over 50, Cheryl Pena.