Welcome! I’m Leticia Urieta

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Welcome! I’m Leticia Urieta. I am a writer of horror, speculative fiction, comics, poetry and more! I am also write freelance and work as a teaching artist, leading community writing workshops across genres. I also offer editorial services and publish a monthly blog, Leticia’s Creative Obsessions.

I’d love to work with you to support your creative project or lead a workshop for your community!

Booking & Contact

New Book Releases!

The book cover of The Remedy is the Disease by Leticia Urieta depicting an other-worldly human face with reddish brown skin and thin black hair whose face has split down the middle with glowing white eye sockets and mouth.
The book cover of The Remedy is the Disease by Leticia Urieta depicting an other-worldly human face with reddish brown skin and thin black hair whose face has split down the middle with glowing white eye sockets and mouth.
The book cover of Offerings to a Tumbled Temple by Leticia Urieta depicting a painting of a blue ombre sky with a brown and pink hummingbird flying up above a brown rolling landscape resembling a woman's body lying down bordered by a white fence.
The book cover of Offerings to a Tumbled Temple by Leticia Urieta depicting a painting of a blue ombre sky with a brown and pink hummingbird flying up above a brown rolling landscape resembling a woman’s body lying down bordered by a white fence.

I have two new books out now (click on the book covers for the link to purchase a copy)!

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About Leticia

  

Publications

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Editing and Mentorship Services

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Creative Workshops

Horror is Hope

As someone who writes across multiple genres, I know that what some readers will enjoy about my poetry or speculative fiction may not cross over when they read my horror stories. And that is OK. Not all books are for everyone. But I do think that dark speculative fiction and horror often gets a bad…

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On the Road Again

After two months at home, spending much needed time with loved ones, doing book events and getting all our appointments done for the year, we are on the road again! I loved visiting the Northeast, but the Southwest is a region that holds a special place in my heart. When I was younger we visited…

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You’re Invited to My Book Release Celebration!

My full-length newsletter will be posted next week, but I wanted to send this invitation announcement out today because… My next horror collection, The Remedy is the Disease, will be in the world on May 15th from Undertaker Books. You can pre-order your copy now using the link above! You can read a review of…

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Leticia Urieta

Writer, Editor and Community Teaching Artist

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