Dora Przybylek is an award-winning Peruvian-American author, poet and screenwriter who currently lives in New York. She has written two novels, Luna llena. Cabalgando sin riendas and Luque 687 Visitas al ayer, which received awards at the 2009 and 2015 International Latino Book Awards, respectively. Her book of poetry, Entre Líneas, won the Best Anthology of Poetry category at the 2021 International Latino Book Awards.

She has also written a bilingual children’s series which have received several awards, including several categories at the International Latino Book Awards.

Luisita Rides Her Bike/Luisita monta en bicicleta won the 2017 International Latino Book Awards, Best Children’s Picture Book Translation Spanish to English.

Luisita is Sick/Luisita está enferma, a book about a girl with cancer, has received several international awards, including the 2018 International Latino Book Awards, Most Inspirational Children’s Picture Book, Bilingual, and an interview by Univision in April 2018.

Luisita Travels/Luisita viaja won the 2019 International Latino Book Awards, Most Inspirational Children’s Picture Book, Bilingual. Luisita recycles/Luisita recicla won the Best Translation Children’s Book at the 2020 International Latino Book Awards.

Luisita Recycles/Luisita recicla won the Best Translation Children’s Book at the 2020 International Latino Book Awards.

Luisita and COVID-19/Luisita y la COVID-19 won the Best Translation Children’s Book at the 2021 International Latino Book Awards. It also won an honorary mention at the 2020 Campoy-Alda Awards of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language.

Luisita Cooks/ Luisita cocina completes the current six-book Luisita Series.

Dora writes under the pen name Carmela Escobar when she writes in Spanish. She has also written a screenplay for a short film entitled Junto al rio/along the river. She was a finalist at the 2017 Book to Movie Awards, sponsored by Latino Literacy Now (now Empowering Latino Futures).