SANDRA PROUDMAN (she/her/ella) is a Mexican American author living at the heart of California. Her full-length YA fantasy debut, Salvación, was a Kirkus and YALSA best of 2025 book. Her sophomore novel, The End of Us, is a dual-POV YA dystopian romance and a Junior Library Guild Gold Selection. She is also the author of the YA contemporary romcom, Horchata & Hearts, the editor of the YA anthology, Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories, which Kirkus called "an expertly crafted anthology," and a contributor to YA horror anthology, The House Where Death Lives. Follower her on Instagram @sandraproudman.