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Robert Gwaltney and Jeffrey Dale Lofton interview Federico Eribia Federico Erebia received the 2024 Lambda Literary Exceptional New Writer Award. His debut novel, Pedro & Daniel, follows two gay, neurodivergent, Mexican American brothers, over a twenty-four year span, who experience joy and laughter, despite years of abuse and oppression.  Pedro & Daniel has won numerous awards, starred reviews, and other accolades, including Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and Bank Street. It was a finalist for the Ohioana Book Award and is long listed for the Massachusetts Book Award. Federico is on the SCBWI Impact & Legacy Fund’s steering committee, the board of Read Your World, Inc., and is a state leader for Authors Against Book Bans. He is a member of various other writing groups.  Federico is also a retired physician, woodworker, poet, and illustrator. He enjoys the intersections of his gay, neurodivergent, and Mexican American identities. He and his husband live near Boston, Massachusetts.