Yanichel Castillo

Yanichel Castillo (born January 2nd, 1990 and currently residing in Miami, Florida) is an American author and editor of several novels and dozens of published articles. These include folklore, fantasy, and blogs. He wrote the Miami-Dade Book Fair Award-winning Sounds (novel) and Envisage Ectoplasm (novelette), as well as Reading You, Dystychiphobia, and several Miami Herald, National Scholastic Press Association award winning articles.

Personal life
Castillo was born in Havana city, Cuba and raised in Miami, Florida. He is currently majoring in political science at Miami-Dade College. Castillo maintains homes in Miami, Florida and in Havana, Cuba.

Career
The Miami Herald called Yanichel Castillo "a prominent rising young author" and New Universe Review labeled him "a modern equivalent of Aesop...and "the future of American literature.'"

His writing also includes poetry. Many of his poems, like his books, have won awards. Some of his awards to date: the Miami Herald Honorable Mention for Excellence in Writing, two NSPA awards, two Miami-Dade Book Fair Emerging Young Journalist Award, the Evelyn Ducharme Service Award.

In the writing community, he is known for his pithy observations.

Various Works
#Sounds (2006)
#Angelica (2006)
#Dystychiphobia (2007)
#Boo (2007)
#The Evil Dictator (2007)
#It's All About Me (2007)
#Close To My Heart (2007)
#Screaming (2008)
#No Greater Agony (2008)
 
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