READING ROOM

I became an avid reader at a very early age, thanks to my dad who introduced me to many great books. I write alternate history, romantic fantasy, magical realism novels as well as fun, educational, and bilingual books for children ages 2-17 about acceptance, friendship, family, and moral values such as accepting people with disabilities, dealing with bullies, and not judging others before getting to know them.

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excerpts from my books

My romantic, historical fantasy novels

Golden Quill Award Winner romantic fantasy, magical realism novel series
"Love, ancient tribal legends, secrets, time travel and magical powers collide in a compelling fantasy series, hailed “Original, Mystical and Unique.”

Children's books

Heroic fantasy series for kids 8-17

Golden Book Award Winner, spooky and funny heroic fantasy adventure series for middle-grade children and young adults.
“Szabo and Bonadonna’s story crackles with action and excitement. Their storytelling moves with the speed of lightning, but never lets the reader get lost. The atmosphere is just spooky enough to be fun but never enough to be too scary.”

Storybook for children 4-12

A little girl teaches her family and her friends how to relate to someone who is hearing impaired and finds the way how to communicate with them.
“I love this little book that teaches children and adults about the difficulties people of all ages face with the loss of hearing. In this book Erika shows us a fun and exciting way to communicate with the hearing impaired.” ~Cathy Collar

Fantasy story for children 4-12

"Children always daydream about imaginary worlds. When they reach adulthood, most of them stop daydreaming. They lose the magic of imagination and the happy dreamers they used to be, cease to exist." ~Erika M Szabo

Picture book for children 2-8

Penny always wants to do what her big brother does. She imitates his every move and constantly tweets, “Me, too.” Spike is angry at his sister and threatens to name her Metoo, but when the two young chickens face danger, Spike realizes how important family is and happy to have a sometimes annoying, but loving and brave little sister.

Picture book for children 2-8

Terry is struggling to learn numbers. Pansy, Terry’s dog, and Pansy’s best friend, Oliver, the hedgehog, want to help but they don’t know how. When Terry wakes up in the morning, she tells her mother that the fairy showed her the numbers in her dream. Her mother doesn’t believe her, but her grandmother says with a playful smile on her face, “Maybe there is a Number Fairy, sweet pea… Maybe there is.”
From the proceeds the author donates paperback books to non-profit book charities for children