Amaris Castillo is a journalist and a writer. Her debut, Bodega Stories, a collection of true stories from her parents’ Latin market in St. Petersburg, Florida, will be out September 8, 2026 from the University Press of Florida.
Her writing has appeared in several anthologies and she’s received supported from Periplus Collective, Las Musas, Latinx in Publishing, and We Need Diverse Books. She also cares deeply about good literary citizenship. She is the lead book reviewer for the Dominican Writers Association and a contributor to Latinx in Publishing and Debutiful. She holds an MS from Columbia Journalism School and a BA in journalism from the University of South Florida. She currently lives in Florida with her family.
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