J.C. Cervantes

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-10-29

J.C. Cervantes is a New York Times bestselling American author of books for children and young adults who grew up in San Diego and was fascinated as a child by stories of Maya gods and magic. Her first novel, Tortilla Sun, was a 2010 New Voices pick of the American Booksellers Association and was named to Bank Street’s 2011 list of best books. Her childhood love of Maya myth inspired her bestselling middle-grade fantasy trilogy for the Rick Riordan Presents imprint, The Storm Runner, The Fire Keeper and The Shadow Crosser (2018 to 2020), about the children of Maya and Aztec gods. She continued the story with the Shadow Bruja duology, The Lords of Night and Dawn of the Jaguar, which follows Ren Santiago, a main character of the later Storm Runner books.

Universe(s)

Books

• The Storm Runner (2018) · The Storm Runner Core Canon
• The Fire Keeper (2019) · The Storm Runner Core Canon
• The Shadow Crosser (2020) · The Storm Runner Core Canon
• The Lords of Night (2022) · The Storm Runner Core Canon
• Dawn of the Jaguar (2023) · The Storm Runner Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 5 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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