About
Federico Erebia is a retired physician, woodworker, author, poet, and illustrator. He received the 2024 Lambda Literary Exceptional New Writer Award.
His debut novel, Pedro & Daniel (Levine Querido 2023), received numerous awards, starred reviews, and other commendations. His work is included in Just YA, an Anthology for grades 7-12.
He is on the SCBWI Impact & Legacy Fund’s steering committee, where he created a grant program for school librarians: In three years, over 1800 books by and/or about marginalized or underrepresented individuals have been sent to 37 schools, reaching over 32,000 students. He is on the board of Read Your World, where he created The Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards: Two annual prizes that recognize exceptional children’s books with intersectional protagonists. He is active in the Lambda Literary Writers in Schools program, and several other writing groups.
He and his husband live near Boston, Massachusetts, in the home he re-designed and renovated.
Featured Work
PEDRO & DANIEL
Pedro and Daniel are Mexican American brothers growing up in 1970s Ohio. Their mother resents that Pedro is a spitting image of their darker-skinned father; that Daniel likes dolls; that neither boy plays sports. Both boys are gay and neurodivergent, but they are dissimilar in their struggles, their dreams, and their approach to life.
Pedro & Daniel is a deeply personal novel that spans from the boy’s early childhood until they are young men. Together, they find joy and laughter as they endure abuses, coming out, first loves, first jobs, and the AIDS pandemic, in a coming-of-age story unlike any other.
Other Works
Awards and Recognition
- 2024 Lambda Literary Award - Exceptional New Writer
- 2024 Ohioana Book Award - Finalist
- 2024 Crystal Kite Award - Honor Book
- 2024 Massachusetts Book Award - Longlist
- 2024 Américas Book Award - Commended Book
- 2024 Bank Street - Best of the Year
- 2023 Kirkus Reviews - Best of the Year
- 2023 Nerdy Book Club - Best of the Year
- Starred Reviews for PEDRO & DANIEL from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and Shelf Awareness.
Press and Media Mentions
- Kirkus feature article 1.
- Kirkus feature article 2.
- Kirkus feature article 3.
- Publishers Weekly: New & Noteworthy YA novels.
- Lambda Literary Review: Most anticipated.
- Kirkus Starred Review.
- Publishers Weekly Starred Review.
- Shelf Awareness Starred Review.
- Poets & Writers Publicity Incubator
- Debutiful announcement.
- Publishers Weekly announcement.
- Boston Globe: Boston Book Festival
