Chocolate Runs Through My Veins by Connie Spenuzza

Connie Spenuzza, MSEd, received First Place from the International Latino Book Awards for her novels Lucia Zarate (2017), Missing in Macchu (2013), andTraces of Bliss (2012). The Association of American Publishers and the Las Comadres International organization selected her novels to the National Latino Book Club. In 2017, Foreword Reviews selectedLucia Zarate as and Indie Book Finalist, Parisian Promises (2014) was the runner-up for the Paris Book Award, and Gathering the Indigo Maidens (2011) was a finalist for the Mariposa Award. Her children's bilingual fables: Olinguito Speaks Up, Lalo Loves and Help, and Howl of the Mission Owl have received numerous awards. Her pen name for the works cited above is Cecilia Velü¾Œ–”¼stegui.

Connie was born in Ecuador and raised in California and France. She received her graduate degree from the University of Southern California, speaks four languages, and has traveled to 125 countries. Connie donates the proceeds from the sale of her books to the flight against human trafficking. She lives with her family in Dana Point, California.