Cynthia Pelayo is a Bram Stoker Award winning and International Latino Book Award winning author and poet. She is the first Latina in history
to win a Bram Stoker Award. Pelayo writes fairy tales that blend genre and explore concepts of grief, mourning, and cycles of violence. She is the author of
Loteria,
Santa Muerte,
The Missing,
Poems of My Night,
Into the Forest and All the Way Through,
Children of Chicago,
Crime Scene,
The Shoemaker’s Magician,
Forgotten Sisters, as well as dozens of standalone short stories and poems.
At CrimeReads Pelayo tagged five "novels that explore supernatural serial killers." One title on the list:
The Angelmaker by Alex North
Katie Shaw grew up in a wonderful home with a loving family. One day that all changed when her brother Chris was attacked by a stranger. As a result, Chris 
developed a number of issues and eventually separated from his family. Nearly two decades later, Katie now has a family of her own, but the traumatic events of her childhood linger. Then one day, Chris goes missing. Simultaneously, Detectives Laurence Page and Detective Caroline Pettifer are investigating the murder of a professor and during their search, Chris becomes connected to the case. The serial killer here is Jack Lock, who claims he can see into the future. This is a genre blending, multi-layered novel with breadth and depth. A number of issues are explored including religious fanaticism and philosophy. So how easy is it to stop a serial killer who claims to know events to come? Read The Angelmaker to find out.
Read about
the other entries on the list at CrimeReads.
--Marshal Zeringue
to win a Bram Stoker Award. Pelayo writes fairy tales that blend genre and explore concepts of grief, mourning, and cycles of violence. She is the author of Loteria, Santa Muerte, The Missing, Poems of My Night, Into the Forest and All the Way Through, Children of Chicago, Crime Scene, The Shoemaker’s Magician, Forgotten Sisters, as well as dozens of standalone short stories and poems.
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