Isabel Cañas

Introducing my next novel: THE HOUSE OF GARDENIAS Ten years ago, I was in the midst of writing my first novel, a YA fantasy. I find it so fitting that today, I get to reveal the cover for my debut YA novel,...

Some words about how writing this book kicked my ass: buttondown.com/isabelcanas/...

THE HOUSE OF GARDENIAS, my YA debut full of ghosts and hoping and fighting even when you feel powerless, is out September 29, 2026.
Preorder here! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723544...

I regret to report that waking up at 5am and exercising and staying off socials means that I have written a truly insane number of new words this year. Like, about 100k. And February isn’t even over yet.

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Applications are now open for YPO 2026!
Choose your pace:, 6 wks, 12wks, or 18wks!
Guest lecturers include @rfkuang.bsky.social, @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @brandonsanderson.com, @fondalee.bsky.social, @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, @scott-h-andrews.bsky.social & more!
Early Action deadline Feb 20!

Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all!
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Against a gold background, white text: "Solaris Books on Locus' Recommended Reading List" Below, a series of book covers with white text indicating the category in which they are nominated. THE SALT ORACLE by Lorraine Wilson (scifi novel) THE NEEDFIRE by MK Hardy (horror novel) THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ by Isabel Cañas (horror novel) THE TOMB OF DRAGONS (fantasy novel) and THE ORB OF CAIRADO (novella) by Katherine Addison STARSTRIKE by Yoon Ha Lee (Young Adult)

🎉 We're so excited to see SIX Solaris books on @locusmag.bsky.social 's 2025 Recommended Reading list! https://bit.ly/3ZwRhK5

Feat. @rainewilson.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @isabelcanas.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social and @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social

Locus Awards Voting closes 1 April.

Publishers Marketplace Deal Report dated 22 January 2026 that reads: "Author of SOUR CHERRY Natalia Theodoridou's ANNA DREAMS OF A DEAD REVOLUTIONARY, about a filmmaker attempting to memorialize his time as a transgender political rebel in 1960s Greece, cycling between screenplay, recollection, and present-day curation of letters and historical documents, pitched as a puzzle-box story of loyalty, memory, revolution, and the ghosts that haunt a nation, to Masie Cochran at Tin House Books, for publication in 2028, by Danya Kukafka at Trellis Literary Management (NA)."

📣 New novel announcement:
ANNA DREAMS OF A DEAD REVOLUTIONARY is coming from @tinhouse.bsky.social in 2028. When people ask what it's about, I say it's like SOUR CHERRY, except the haunted house is Greece, and Bluebeard is fascism. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✊

Keep writing your queer, trans, antifascist books, friends.

A 3D paperback of THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ by Isabel Canas against a green smoky background with the NPR Books we Love 2025 sticker in the bottom left.

We're so excited to see @isabelcanas.bsky.social 's THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ on @npr.org 's Books We Love for 2025!

🖤 Forbidden romance
⛏️ Don't go into the mines
👑 All hail the Queen of Horromance

Prepare to be OBSESSED: https://geni.us/palbad

The Best Books of 2025: Gothic Fiction Gothic fiction: the lush sister to stripped-down noir. Just as atmospheric, just as hard to define. But we know it when we see it! And we’re here to celebrate all the many new additions to th…

So very pleased to see FIEND on @crimereads.bsky.social's of best gothic fiction alone w/Virginia Feito @katdunn.bsky.social Ania Ahlborn @isabelcanas.bsky.social @kosokojackson.bsky.social @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social & more crimereads.com/the-best-boo...

I think… I think I’m going to run a trail half marathon this May????

The author and their books: Isabel Canas, author of VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE and THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DIAZ The book they'd love for Christmas THE SKULL Their favourite reads of 2025 THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by Stephen Graham Jones Their anticipated read of 2026 THE SWAN'S DAUGHTER by Roshani Chokshi

We asked @isabelcanas.bsky.social for her best book of 2025, the book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated read of 2026.

Read the full article: https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @sgj.bsky.social Roshani Chokshi & more!

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https://geni.us/VoEN

Black text against a pale blue background with darker blue baubles and wrapped gifts to the left: "Solaris Author's Favourite Books of 2025, Christmas Wishes & Top Picks for 2026!"

As the year draws to a close, we've asked a selection of Solaris authors 3 very important questions...

Here are their answers 👉 https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025

FT. @kerstinhall.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social @julietmarillier.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social & more!

anyone who can write a book while dealing with the onslaught of daycare viruses at this time of year is Very Powerful (and i'm not sure I'm one of those people)

Have you been loving THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ?

Might we interest you in one of @isabelcanas.bsky.social 's previous novels - supernatural western VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE - where Vampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border!

“A masterclass in horror and romance" - ELLE

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Against a background of red rose petals, the UK paperback covers for THE HACIENDA, VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE and THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DIAZ. White text at the top reads "All hail the Queen of Horroromance". The white Solaris logo is in the middle at the bottom.

All Hail the Queen of Horroromance: @isabelcanas.bsky.social !

We've had a haunted hacienda (with a hot priest) and vampires vs. vaqueros amidst the Mexican-American War, now we're delighted to bring her latest novel - THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ - to the UK!

Buy now: geni.us/palbad

Tis the season to sit in front of my SAD lamp

Introducing my YA debut, THE HOUSE OF GARDENIAS (Dutton, Fall 2026).

Introducing my YA debut, THE HOUSE OF GARDENIAS (Dutton, Fall 2026).

Rights Report: Week of November 24, 2025 New deals for Isabel Cañas, Margie Fuston, Tegan Cassell, and others.

Announcing new deals for @isabelcanas.bsky.social @corinnaluyken.bsky.social + more

Image desciprtion: Against a red star background, white text "NPR's Best Books of 2025." Below, the book covers for THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ by Isabel Canas

We have two - count that, TWO - Solaris books on @NPR's Best Books of 2025 list!

Pinch us, we must be dreaming

🌊 THE DOOR ON THE SEA, epic fantasy by Caskey Russell https://geni.us/doorsea

🖤 THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ, standalone horroromance by @isabelcanas.bsky.social https://geni.us/palbad

Final Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Horror of 2025! Discover the Readers' Favorite Horror in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.

@isabelcanas.bsky.social 's THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ has made it to the final round of the GoodReads Choice Awards, now's your chance to vote for your favourite Horror book of the year!

Vote: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/readers-favorite-horror-books-2025
Buy: https://geni.us/palbad

HELL YEAH

All hail the queen of horroromance.

THE HACIENDA
VAMPIRE OF EL NORTE
THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ

Grab all three books from our Queen of Horroromance @isabelcanas.bsky.social for only 0.99 in Solaris' #StillSpooky eBook sale! https://geni.us/Solarissale

*titles available vary by country. Website exclusive.

WHY are my books so full of death, i am exhausted, why couldn't i write something Cozy™️ for once SIGH

HEARTBREAK INCORPORATED Alex de Campi GOTHIKANA Runyx BLESS YOUR HEART and ANOTHER FINE MESS Lindy Ryan THE HACIENDA, VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE and THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ Isabel Canas IF FOUND, RETURN TO HELL and THE DEATH I GAVE HIM Em X. Liu SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER and SAINT DEATH'S HERALD C. S. E. Cooney THE IMMORTALITY THIEF Taran Hunt WANDERERS Chuck Wendig SINOPHAGIA edited Xueting C. Ni GORSE and RAGWORT Sam K. Horton WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST and THE SALT ORACLE Lorraine Wilson THE NEEDFORE MK Hardy RED RABBIT Alex Grecian THE DARK BETWEEN THE TREES by Fiona Benson THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD, THE GRIEF OF STONES, THE TOMB OF DRAGONS and A THEORY OF HAUNTING Katherine Addison THE LIAR OF RED VALLEY Walter Goodwater THE VENGEANCE Emma Newman SIGN HERE Claudia Lux BENEATH THE RISING, A BROKEN DARKNESS, THE VOID ASCENDANT and THESE LIFELESS THINGS Premee Mohamed NORDIC VISION ed. by Margret THE RITUAL CRIME UNIT THE HIDDEN LEGION and THE SILENT EMPEROR by Snorri Kristjansson

Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!

So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale

Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
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Check out this deal! I can personally recommend the books by @csecooney.bsky.social, Taran Hunt, @premeemohamed.com, and @isabelcanas.bsky.social as excellent stories.

UK FRIENDS: ebook sale ahoy!! @solarisbooks.bsky.social
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If you haven’t read @isabelcanas.bsky.social’s latest gothic historical masterpiece, you should. Gave me nightmares!

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Review: www.instagram.com/p/DQ9W6EmDIY...

my baby son is finally sleeping through the night and when I say I am VIBRATING with energy I mean it