Tío and Tío

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“The authors serve up pure comfort, combining coziness with low-stakes antics…Pure dulce.” –Kirkus Reviews

“Inspired by their own wedding, García-Mathews and Mathews narrate the event’s run-up in extended beat-by-beat prose” –Publishers Weekly

Ross Mathews is an Emmy-winning television host and producer, as well as the best-selling author of Man Up!- Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence and Name Drop. He can be seen every weekday as cohost and producer on the daily syndicated talk show The Drew Barrymore Show, and as a judge and producer on RuPaul’s Drag Race. Mathews has hosted the GLAAD Media Awards a record seven times and in 2018 he was honored with the organization’s Davidson/Valentini Award for his work in promoting equality for the LGBTQ+ community, in addition to the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award in 2011. He currently lives in New York with his husband, Dr. Wellinthon Garcia-Mathews, and their rescue chihuahua, Audrey.

Dr. Wellinthon Garcia-Mathews was born in the Dominican Republic and emigrated with his family to the United States at five years old, not speaking any English. He was raised in Brooklyn, and went on, along with his older sister, to be the first in his family to attend college. He holds a doctorate of education in educational policy and leadership from Hofstra University. He has served in the field of education for over a decade in the capacity of a primary teacher, assistant principal, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, and Associate Director of ENL and Equity in New York. Additionally, he has worked as an adjunct professor at Hofstra University, where he lectures on gender expression and Title IX policy impacting LGBTQ+ youth.

Tommy Doyle is an illustrator and graphic designer based in Melbourne, Australia.

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