About the Book

Rogelia's House of Magic

Three 15-year-old girls find friendship and special powers as a wise old woman, Rogelia, trains them in the ways of the curandera. When Rogelia became a maid at Marina Peralta’s home, it became obvious to Marina and her friend, Fern, that they had a real mystic on their hands.

Soon Rogelia agrees to teach the girls the magic of their ancestors, much as she taught her granddaughters, Xochitl and Gracielia. Even though Marina and Fern are thrilled to have this chance to understand and use their powers, Xochitl isn’t happy about sharing such a sacred thing with anyone but her sister, who perished in a car accident. But, as the girls will eventually discover, at Rogelia’s House of Magic.

About the Author

Jamie Martinez Wood, who is a self-described “Writer, spiritualist, Latina, Earth Mother,” is the author of The Teen Spell Book: Magick for Young Witches, The Enchanted Diary: A Teen’s Guide to Magick and Life, The Wiccan Cookbook, and The Wiccan Herbal. She became active in promoting literature in her local community, participating and speaking at the Latino Book and Family Festival, the Festival of Books at UCLA, elementary schools, and other writers’ events. She lives in California with her husband and children.

About the Guest Interviewer

Irete Lazo (a pseudonym) is a practicing santera and former scientist who received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. She has been a reporter at the San Jose Mercury News, an editor at Latina magazine, and a science correspondent for National Public Radio’s Latino USA. She is currently a freelance science writer living with her husband, son and newborn daughter in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is her first novel. http://www.accidentalsantera.com/about-irete-lazo