Award-winning children's book author

If you're looking for Kaela Rivera, author of Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls, then you've arrived safely, intrepid adventurer! 

Kaela Rivera stands in front of a barbed wire fence with desert grasses behind her and rolling green mountains. She wears a blue shirt and smiles as her gold hoops earrings catch the evening light.

About Kaela Rivera

Kaela Rivera is the multi-award-winning author of the Cece Rios trilogy and LEGO DREAMZzz: Dream Chasers and the Riddle-Spokens. She grew up reading the folktales of her Mexican-American and British parents in the forests of Tennessee, but now she writes about them from the soaring mountains of Utah. When not weaving together children’s stories, she works as content strategist in the humanitarian sector. She believes in the power of hope and aims to write adventures that heal. Sign up for her newsletter at kaelarivera.com.