About the Author

A former journalist, Lourdes R. Florido has been published in the Sun Sentinel, South Florida Parenting Magazine, and other publications. She now teaches English as a professor at Broward College in Florida. She received a First Place Award of Merit from the Writers’ Network of South Florida for her nonfiction piece “The Cuban Me,” and her young adult novel, White Trees, received an honorable mention in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. A Whisper of Angels is the first book in the Nuevos Angels series. Lourdes, who was born in Havana, Cuba, now resides in South Florida with her husband and dogs.