Mexican Gothic

Name: Mexican Gothic
ISBN: 9781250301963

British Fantasy · 2021 · WinnerMythopoeic Fantasy · 2021 · ShortlistNebula Award · 2020 · ShortlistShirley Jackson · 2020 · ShortlistWorld Fantasy · 2020 · ShortlistNebula Award · 2019 · Shortlist

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Del ReyJune 30, 2020Science Fiction & FantasyISBN 9781250301963

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
British Fantasy Award for Best Novel	2021	Winner	“Silvia Moreno-Garcia won the August Derleth Award for this gothic horror set in 1950s Mexico, praised for its feminist horror and its fusion of gothic tradition with Mexican cultural context.”
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature	2021	Shortlist	“Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia”
Nebula Award (Best Novel)	2020	Shortlist
Shirley Jackson Award for Novel	2020	Shortlist
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel	2020	Shortlist
Nebula Award (Best Novel)	2019	Shortlist

About This Book

A gothic horror novel set in 1950s Mexico, in which glamorous socialite Noemí Taboada travels to a crumbling mansion to rescue her cousin and uncovers a dark history of colonialism and eugenic experimentation. A Nebula finalist.

About the Author

Silvia Moreno-GarciaMexican-Canadian

Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a Mexican-Canadian author of speculative fiction, horror, and historical fantasy. Born in Mexico, she immigrated to Canada and has become one of the most celebrated voices in contemporary genre fiction. Her breakthrough novel Mexican Gothic (2020) is a lush, critically acclaimed Gothic horror novel set in 1950s Mexico, drawing on the traditions of the English Gothic novel and Mexican cultural history to create something entirely original. Read more →