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NEWS & EVENTS
 🎬 Had a good time at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival! TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🏆Got a new trophy for my film, Ghost Leave, for Best Parody Short (Honorable Mention) at the Indie Short Fest Film Festival! Thank you to everyone who supported the film! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🎬 Had a fun time at The Other Venice Film Festival to attend the screening of my film, Escape Escape. Venice, California. Miguel Lopez de Leon |
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 🏆 My film, Ghost Leave, won Honorable Mention for Best Mobile Short at the Independent Shorts Awards Film Festival! Thank you to everyone who supported the film! Los Angeles, California. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🎬 Had a great time at the Independent Shorts Awards Film Festival! Regal LA Live Theatre, Los Angeles. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🏆 My film, Ghost Leave, won an Honorable Mention Trophy for Best Parody Short at the IndieX Film Festival! Los Angeles, California. Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 🎬 Had a fun time at the Dances with Films Film Festival! TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🎬 At the Hey Alexa screening at the Film Invasion Los Angeles Film Festival! Congratulations to writer/producer Xochi Blymyer, director Rebecca Demeter, star Stevie Lynn Jones, and the entire cast & crew! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🎭 Had a great time watching, TINA: The Tina Turner Musical, at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. So much fun! Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 🎭 Had a great time watching Hairspray at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🎬 Had a fun night at the World Premiere of “Remembering Gene Wilder.” Saban Theatre, Beverly Hills. Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🎭 Had a fun time watching the Tony Award-Winning SIX THE MUSICAL at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. It was awesome! Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 📸 Had a great time at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Hollywood! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🎬 Had fun at the premiere of Living, starring Bill Nighy. At the American Film Institute (AFI) Fest Film Festival. TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood. Congratulations to director Oliver Hermanus, screenwriter Kazuo Ishiguro, star Bill Nighy, and the entire cast & crew! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🎬 Attended the premiere of Netflix’s animated film, My Father’s Dragon. At the Animation is Film, Film Festival. TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood. Congratulations to director Nora Twomey and the entire cast & crew! Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 📸 New Headshots! Photo: Jeff Ellingson Grooming: Susan Seyler Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🎬 At the Bonus Time screening at the DTLA Film Festival! Bonus Time is an Official Selection at the 2022 Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) Film Fest! Congratulations to director Alex Hanno, star Marc Anthony Sepulveda, and the entire cast & crew! For more info about Bonus Time, as well as other fun film and television projects, check out my IMDb page. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🎬 At the world premiere of Hulu’s new film Matriarch, at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival! TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood. Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 🎬 At the Closing Awards Ceremony of the HollyShorts Film Festival! After-party was at the Godfrey Hotel in Hollywood. HollyShorts is an Oscar Qualifying Film Festival. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🎬 Just watched the screening of Cub Scout at the 2022 HollyShorts Film Festival in Hollywood! Congratulations to director Matt Heder and the entire cast & crew! For more info about Cub Scout, as well as other fun film and television projects, check out my IMDb page. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🎬 At the opening of the HollyShorts Film Festival! HollyShorts is an Oscar Qualifying Film Festival, from August 11-20, 2022. After-party was at the historic Madame Tussauds in Hollywood. Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 Had a good time at the Anti Fashion Week fashion show! An eco-conscious annual event to celebrate sustainability in the fashion industry. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🙏🏻 Thank you to Kids Need to Read (KNTR) for their post! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🎬 Had a fun time at the NFMLA (NewFilmmakers Los Angeles) event, InFocus: Canadian Cinema. Saw several fantastic films from both the Sundance and Toronto International Film Festivals. Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 Had a great time at the premiere for Space Command Redemption, at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Congratulations to directors Marc Scott Zicree and Elaine Zicree, and the entire cast and crew. For more info on Space Command Redemption, check out my IMDb page. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  Thank you to Story Monsters Ink magazine for putting me on the cover of their July 2022 issue! Story Monsters Ink magazine is an award-winning literary resource for teachers, librarians and parents, and is distributed to schools and libraries across America. Past covers have featured Dan Brown, Stan Lee, Alyssa Milano, Kelly Clarkson, Vanessa Williams, and James Patterson. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  Thank you to everyone who supported my booth at the 2022 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books! Booth #726. April 23 & 24 at the USC campus, Los Angeles. 😄📚🎪 Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 📚🎪 My booth at the 2022 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books! Booth #726. April 23 & 24 at the USC campus, Los Angeles. Since 1996, The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books has become a world-renowned experience gathering writers, poets, artists, filmmakers, musicians and emerging storytellers like no other. Today over 150,000 people attend, making it the largest festival of its kind in the United States. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  😄📚🎪 Excited to have my own booth at the 2022 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books! Booth #726. April 23 & 24 at the USC campus, Los Angeles. Since 1996, The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books has become a world-renowned experience gathering writers, poets, artists, filmmakers, musicians and emerging storytellers like no other. Today over 150,000 people attend, making it the largest festival of its kind in the United States. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  So happy to have my own booth at the 2022 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books—featured in today’s issue of the Los Angeles Times newspaper! Booth #726. April 23 & 24 at the USC campus, Los Angeles. 😄📚🎪 Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 📚☕️Blue Cloak Warrior in VROMAN'S BOOKSTORE, at 695 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101. Vroman's Bookstores (Since 1894) are the oldest and largest independent bookstores in Southern California. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  😄📚 My fantasy book, Blue Cloak Warrior, is now being sold at BOOK SOUP! Book Soup is the largest general interest independent bookstore in Hollywood, and is considered a “cultural fixture” on the historic Sunset Strip! Location: ⭐ Book Soup 8818 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069 Miguel Lopez de Leon |  😄📚 My fantasy book, Blue Cloak Warrior, is now being sold in VROMAN'S BOOKSTORES in Pasadena! Vroman's Bookstores (Since 1894) are the oldest and largest independent bookstores in Southern California. Locations: ⭐ Vroman's on Colorado Blvd: 695 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101 ⭐ Vroman's in Hastings Ranch: 3729 E Foothill Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107 Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 📚 My fantasy book, Blue Cloak Warrior, is now being sold at the Teal Dragonfly Creations store! Location: ⭐ Teal Dragonfly Creations 103 North Douglas Street Glendive, MT 59330 Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🏆🎖️ My fantasy novel, Blue Cloak Warrior, was a FINALIST at the 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards! Love the shiny medal! Thank you!!! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🎪 My book booth at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Virtual event! The online literary conference is from January 22 - 26, 2021. Closing Session Speaker to the event is First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden. The ALA Midwinter Virtual event will include a symposium on the future of libraries, and feature guest authors, notable speakers, and virtual exhibits. Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 🎪😄 So excited to have my own book booth at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Virtual event! The online literary conference is from January 22 - 26, 2021! The American Library Association promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world. |  ⭐ Check out the December 2020 issue of Story Monsters Ink Magazine! So grateful to be featured in such a great literary publication! Story Monsters Ink magazine is an award-winning literary resource for teachers, librarians and parents, and is distributed to schools and libraries across America. Past covers have featured Dan Brown, Stan Lee, Alyssa Milano, Kelly Clarkson, Vanessa Williams, and James Patterson. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🏆 Blue Cloak Warrior won a 2020 B.R.A.G. Medallion (Book Readers Appreciation Group)! Thank you indieBRAG! Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 🏆 Blue Cloak Warrior won FIRST PLACE in five e-book categories at the 2020 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards! 🏆Categories: -Science Fiction/Fantasy: 1st Place -Fiction Novel: 1st Place -LGBT: 1st Place -Young Adult Fiction: 1st Place -General: 1st Place Miguel Lopez de Leon |  Thank you to Story Monsters Ink magazine for putting me on the cover of their December 2020 issue! Story Monsters Ink magazine is an award-winning literary resource for teachers, librarians and parents, and is distributed to schools and libraries across America. Past covers have featured Dan Brown, Stan Lee, Alyssa Milano, Kelly Clarkson, Vanessa Williams, and James Patterson. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  2020 IAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS: BLUE CLOAK WARRIOR: -FINALIST (Fantasy Category) Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 😄📚 Happy that my fantasy novel, Blue Cloak Warrior, is included in the IBPA Fall/Winter 2020 Book Catalog! The catalog (in both print and digital) is sent to 3,500 bookstores and booksellers nationwide. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  🎪😄 Excited to have my own virtual book booth at the 37th annual Miami Book Fair! The online literary festival is from November 15-22, 2020! The Miami Book Fair was established in 1984, and attracts more than 200,000 attendees. The fair is dedicated to promote reading, encourage writing, and heighten an awareness of literacy and the literary arts. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  ⭐ My fantasy novel, Blue Cloak Warrior, is on the cover of the August 31, 2020 issue of PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Magazine! The magazine is available now in both print and digital formats. Publishers Weekly, published since 1872, is known as "The International News Magazine of Book Publishing and Bookselling." Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 ⭐ REPOSTED from @kidsneedtoread: "We were so excited to receive 200 copies of BLUE CLOAK WARRIOR from author Miguel Lopez de Leon. Mr. de Leon is incredibly generous with his books, and we are ecstatic to be able to provide his latest to the kids." Kids Need to Read provides inspiring books to underfunded schools, libraries, and literacy programs across the United States. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  😄📚 Presenting the front and back of my new bookmarks! To commemorate my newest fantasy novel, Blue Cloak Warrior. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  Introducing my 10th fantasy novel, Blue Cloak Warrior! Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 Miguel Lopez de Leon |  It Took Billy is listed in the April 6, 2020 issue of Publishers Weekly Magazine! |  😄📚 Thank you to "Kids Need to Read" for their Insta post! @kidsneedtoread is an awesome organization that provides inspiring books to underfunded schools, libraries, and literacy programs across the United States, especially those serving disadvantaged children. For more info, check out their website @ kidsneedtoread.org Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 📚😄 So happy to donate/ship new copies of my fantasy novels to "Kids Need to Read," @kidsneedtoread, a great organization that provides inspiring books to underfunded schools, libraries, and literacy programs across the United States, especially those serving disadvantaged children. For more info, check out their website @ kidsneedtoread.org Miguel Lopez de Leon |  ⭐ Thank you to Vroman's Bookstore for inviting me to be part of their "Local Author Day!" I had a great time speaking about my work, being part of the author panel, and having a book signing for my dark fantasy novel, It Took Billy. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  📚 Looking forward to the book signing for my dark fantasy novel, It Took Billy! Sunday, October 27, 2019, at 4pm. Vroman's Bookstore - 695 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101. Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 😄📚🎪 Thank you to everyone who supported my booth at the 2019 L.A. Comic Con! Booth # 837. October 11-13 at the Los Angeles Convention Center! L.A. Comic Con is L.A.'s biggest comics, fantasy, gaming, sci-fi, horror and pop culture event! Last year, L.A. Comic Con had over 106,000 attendees! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  My booth at the 2019 L.A. Comic Con! Booth # 837. October 11-13 at the Los Angeles Convention Center! L.A. Comic Con is L.A.'s biggest comics, fantasy, gaming, sci-fi, horror and pop culture event! Last year, L.A. Comic Con had over 106,000 attendees! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  Babble Magic is on the cover of the September 2, 2019 issue of PUBLISHERS WEEKLY magazine! Available now! Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 📚😄 The Covens of Elmeeria was NUMBER ONE on the Amazon Best Sellers List for Fairy Tale Fantasy! |  😄📚 My fantasy books, It Took Billy, Babble Magic, and The Covens of Elmeeria, are now being sold in VROMAN'S BOOKSTORES in Pasadena! Vroman's Bookstores (Since 1894) are the oldest and largest independent bookstores in Southern California. Locations: ⭐Vroman's on Colorado Blvd: 695 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101 ⭐Vroman's in Hastings Ranch: 3729 E Foothill Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107 Miguel Lopez de Leon |  😄📚 My fantasy book, The Light Dweller, is now being sold in VROMAN'S BOOKSTORES in Pasadena! Vroman's Bookstores (Since 1894) are the oldest and largest independent bookstores in Southern California. Locations: ⭐Vroman's on Colorado Blvd: 695 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101 ⭐Vroman's in Hastings Ranch: 3729 E Foothill Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107 Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 News coverage from ABC 7! |  Great Articles in USA TODAY and CHANNEL 2 NEWS! |  2019 ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARDS: IT TOOK BILLY: -FINALIST (Commercial Fiction Category) Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 2019 ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARDS: BABBLE MAGIC: -WON FIRST RUNNER-UP! (Science Fiction & Fantasy Category) -GRAND PRIZE AWARD FINALIST! (Short List) Miguel Lopez de Leon |  My booth at the 2019 L.A. Times Festival of Books! April 13 & 14 at the USC campus, Los Angeles. 😄📚🎪 Miguel Lopez de Leon |  Thank you to everyone who supported my booth at the 2019 L.A. Times Festival of Books! April 13 & 14 at the USC campus, Los Angeles. 😄📚🎪 Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 It Took Billy is listed in the April 8, 2019 issue of Publishers Weekly Magazine! |  2019 Reader Views Award Certificates for It Took Billy and Babble Magic. |  2018-2019 READER VIEWS LITERARY AWARDS: It Took Billy: SECOND-PLACE WINNER! (Horror Category) Babble Magic: Won HONORABLE MENTION! (Teen Category) Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 A big THANK YOU to everyone for all your support with the ongoing "It Took Billy" book promotions! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  Presenting the front and back of my new bookmarks! To commemorate my newest dark fantasy novel, It Took Billy. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  The book tour for It Took Billy has officially begun! Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 A big THANK YOU to @mrs_smith8374 for sharing her pictures of the beautiful quilt her mom made her, featuring all of her favorite books... including the first edition of Book One of my Galadria trilogy! So honored!!! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  😀🎥 Check out my new YouTube Channel "Miguel Lopez de Leon!" I share my experiences as a fantasy novelist, and cover everything from choosing story ideas, writing outlines, editing manuscripts, and even "Day in the Life of an Author" videos! |  Thank you to everyone for all your support with the ongoing Babble Magic book promotions! Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 Thank you to everyone who supported the Los Angeles book launch of Babble Magic! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  The book tour for Babble Magic has officially begun! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  The Light Dweller was a FINALIST at the 2018 National Indie Excellence Awards! Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 Silver Medal Award Seals for the 2017-2018 Nautilus Book Awards! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  The Light Dweller and The Covens of Elmeeria were each awarded a SILVER MEDAL at THE 2017-2018 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS! (Middle Grade Fiction Category) |  Reader Views Award Certificate for The Light Dweller. |
 Reader Views Award Certificate for The Covens of Elmeeria. |  THE LIGHT DWELLER won SECOND PLACE at the 2017-2018 READER VIEWS LITERARY AWARDS! (Fantasy Category) Miguel Lopez de Leon |  THE COVENS OF ELMEERIA won SECOND PLACE at the 2017-2018 READER VIEWS LITERARY AWARDS! (Young Adult Fiction Category) Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 The Covens of Elmeeria is featured in the Sept. 15, 2017 issue of Booklist Magazine! Booklist Magazine is a publication of the American Library Association, and is the premier review source used by tens of thousands of librarians across the country to purchase titles for their collections. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  Thank you to everyone who supported the Los Angeles book launch of The Light Dweller! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  The book tour for The Light Dweller has officially begun! Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 Thank You To Everyone Involved In My 2015 Virtual Book Tour! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  Thank you to all those who attended the GALADRIA book signing at the Barnes & Noble in Manhattan Beach, California! Miguel Lopez de Leon |  I visited the El Segundo Middle School Writer's Club, and spoke to students about my GALADRIA Fantasy Book Trilogy! El Segundo, California. Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 I visited the Barnes & Noble in Chino Hills, California, for the signing of Book One of my fantasy trilogy, Galadria : Peter Huddleston & The Rites of Passage. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  Had a great time visiting Willowbrook Middle School, and speaking to students about my novel, Galadria: Peter Huddleston & The Rites of Passage. Los Angeles, California. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  My television interview on "Kababayan LA!" Had a fun time talking about my books! Los Angeles, California. Miguel Lopez de Leon |
 My GALADRIA Fantasy Book Trilogy was accepted into the Malacanan Presidential Museum & Library collection. I was also awarded with a Certificate of Appreciation. Miguel Lopez de Leon |  On the cover of Zee Magazine (Vol.13, #4)! Miguel Lopez de Leon |
Award-Winning-Author Miguel Lopez de Leon Celebrates Five Top Honors for his Two Latest Novels
“It Took Billy,” and “Babble Magic,” the latest releases from award-winning-author Miguel Lopez de Leon, recently received multiple awards from The Eric Hoffer Book Awards and the Reader Views Literary Awards programs.
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