Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun: A Novel

"I was anticipating this book because I knew that it was about a gay Mexican boy. When I finished it, I felt it was everything that I want in a book. Like Felix Ever After , it is funny and smart and heartbreaking. It felt so realistic, but it also has the construction of a sitcom—with the setups. I did this with my book as well, because I love teen movies. I loved writing the snappy dialogue. I knew while writing my book, I wanted the parents to be supportive. They weren’t going to get everything right or even google the questions that they wanted to ask; they were even going to maybe say some offensive and inappropriate things, but I knew that in the end, they were going to be kind and supportive to Enrique. What I really appreciated about Fifteen Hundred Miles is that there’s an ugly truth and reality that I think is also necessary. I will also explore that in future books, but I think that Jonny does that really well in this book."