Melissa De La Cruz Character Analysis

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In The Return to the Isle of the Lost, sequel of Disney’s Descendants, author Melissa de La Cruz redefine classic fairy tales. She skillfully infuses our familiar childhood stories with a modern sass and storytelling.

We sat down with de la Cruz as she opens up about The Return to the Isle of the Lost, her favorite character to write, latest gigs, advice to young readers, and more.

De la Cruz are one of today’s most versatile authors. Through the years, she published all kinds of books for different genres and demographic readers. She firmly rooted herself in the community. According to her, she doesn’t have any writing rituals. “I just like to work. I like being busy, and I love writing,” she tells HNS. “I love figuring out books, from the

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