Actress Eva Longoria Inspires Character in New Latino Mystery Series for Teens

“When young adult author Ronald Cree began writing “Desert Blood 10pm/9c” in 2001, he had no idea the back story of one of his characters would one day become a reality. “I modeled the character of Aurora after Eva Longoria,” he admits. “She’s a friend, and I was working on her website at the time, looking at her face everyday. She was perfect for the part I was trying to write.”

Perfect, indeed. “Desert Blood 10pm/9c” is the first title in a new mystery series by Simon Pulse, the teen division of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. “It’s about highly-successful Latinos in the entertainment industry,” Cree explains. “No actress symbolizes that in today’s Hollywood more than Eva. She is changing the way the world views Latinos.” “

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