I am a librarian and zine maker and here to create and edit entries for women zinesters, particularly women of color. I am ruled by two cats.
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Category:1972 births
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Category:American authors
Category:American people of Cuban descent
Category:American people of Mexican descent
Category: University of Florida alumni
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Celia C. Pérez | |
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| Born | Celia Claudia Pérez May 28, 1972 Elizabeth, NJ |
| Occupation | Children's Book Author; Librarian |
| Citizenship | US |
| Education | University of Florida, University of South Florida |
| Alma mater | University of Florida |
| Genre | Middle grades fiction |
| Years active | 2017- |
| Notable works | The First Rule of Punk, Strange Birds, zine including I Dreamed I Was Assertive and others |
| Notable awards | Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature Honor Book, 2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Fiction & Poetry Honor Book, 2018 Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, 2018 Pura Belpré Award Author Honor |
| Spouse | Brett Zeeb |
| Website | |
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Celia C. Pérez
editCelia C. Pérez is a children's book author, librarian, and zine maker of Cuban and Mexican descent.[1] She was raised in Miami, Florida and has been based in Chicago since 2001. She began making zines as an undergraduate and then graduate student in secondary English at the University of Florida in Gainesville in the 1990s. In 2017 Pérez published her first middle grades novel The First Rule of Punk[2] and followed it two years later with Strange Birds.[3]
Biography
editShe began making zines as an undergraduate at the University of Florida in Gainesville in the 1990s and by the end of that decade was part of the "Pander Mafia,"[4] that is people whose zines were distributed by Ericka Bailie's Pander Zine Distro.[5]
Career
editPérez briefly taught high school English. When she realized the classroom wasn't for her, she moved to Tampa to pursue an MLIS from the University of South Florida.
Personal Life
editPérez is of Cuban descent on her father's side and Mexican on her mother's[6] and has three living siblings. She is married to Brett Zeeb, an attorney with Illinois's State Appellate Defender.[7] They have a son who attends a Chicago public high school with a racist mascot.
Bibliography
editBooks
edit- Strange Birds
- The First Rule of Punk
- Ofrenda: A Zine Anthology[8]
Articles
edit- The Book That Changed My Life: Write What's Missing[9]
- Funny Bones[10]
- Martí's Song for Freedom[11]
- Unschooled: Writing without an MFA by Celia Pérez[12]
- When Google Translate Gives You Arroz con Mango: Erroneous Español and the Need for #ownvoices[13]
Zines
edit- An hour from now/an hour ago[14]
- I Dreamed I Was Assertive[15]
- Words that soak up life : a reading compilation zine[16]
References
edit- ^ "About". Celia C. Pérez. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ "The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez: 9780425290422 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ "Strange Birds by Celia C. Pérez: 9780425290453 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ Nguyen, Mimi Thi (2015). Pander Mafia : Twenty Year Anniversary Tribute Zine. Urbana, IL: The editor.
- ^ "Pander Zine Distro: An interview with Ericka Lyn Bailie". www.grrrlzines.net. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ "About". Celia C. Pérez. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ Zeeb, Brett (July 21, 2020). "Brett Zeeb". LinkedIn. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Pérez, Celia C (2014). Ofrenda: a zine anthology. ISBN 978-0-9897098-6-6. OCLC 896445846.
- ^ Pérez, Celia C. "The Book That Changed My Life: Write What's Missing". The Horn Book. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ Pérez, Celia C. "Calling Caldecott | Funny Bones". The Horn Book. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ Pérez, Celia C. "Calling Caldecott | Martí's Song for Freedom". The Horn Book. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ "Unschooled: Writing without an MFA by Celia Pérez". 88 Cups of Tea. 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ Pérez, Celia C. "When Google Translate Gives You Arroz con Mango: Erroneous Español and the Need for #ownvoices". The Horn Book. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ Perez, Celia; Freedman, Jenna; Schlesinger Library Zine Collection (2015). An hour from now/an hour ago. OCLC 1034553226.
- ^ Perez, Celia C (1998). "I dreamed I was assertive!". I dreamed I was assertive!. OCLC 42395406.
- ^ Pérez, Celia C; Bergmann, Keight; Dodge, Chris; Fardig, Lauren Michele; Freedman, Jenna; Mariaskin, Amy; Roberto, K. R; Tan, Athena; Whitney, Eleanor (2001). Words that soak up life: a reading compilation zine. Chicago, IL: Celia Perez. OCLC 247819385.