Crystal Velasquez is an author. She has written four books based on the PBS show Maya & Miguel,[1] plus the books in the Your Life But... series.[2] Velazquez currently lives in Flushing, Queens in New York City.[3] She is also a production editor and a freelance proofreader.[3]

Education

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Velasquez has a bachelor's degree in creative writing from Pennsylvania State University and is a graduate from the New York University Summer Publishing Institute.[3]

Maya and Miguel series

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Velasquez has written a series of four books based on the show in the Maya and Miguel on PBS television

  • Maya & Miguel: My Twin Brother / My Twin Sister (flip Chapter Book), ISBN 978-0439696036
  • Neighborhood Friends (Maya & Miguel), ISBN 978-0439733847
  • Maya & Miguel: The Valentine Machine, ISBN 978-0439789578
  • Paint the Town,[4] ISBN 978-0439830089

Your Life But ... series

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The Your Life But... series is targeted to Teens and Tweens. It is a Choose Your Own Adventure series with a twist: instead of just picking an option of what to do at the end of the chapter, you take a personality quiz. Your results direct you to another page of the book, where the story continues. There are currently three books in the series: Your Life But Better,[5] Your Life But Cooler,[6] and Your Life But Sweeter.[7]

Hunters of Chaos series

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Four girls at a southwestern boarding school discover they have amazing feline powers and must unite to stop an ancient evil.[8]

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