Francisco X. Stork

Francisco X. Stork

3 Series

Francisco X. Stork is a Mexican-American author known for his YA coming-of-age novels. Born in Mexico, he moved to El Paso at age 9 and later attended Spring Hill College, Harvard University, and Columbia Law School. Before retiring, he practiced law for 33 years.

In "Disappeared" by Francisco X. Stork, Sara Zapata races against time to rescue her kidnapped best friend, using a recent death threat as a crucial clue. Meanwhile, her brother Emiliano faces a moral dilemma when offered a lucrative opportunity to join the criminal network responsible for the kidnapping. As the siblings navigate their perilous circumstances in Juarez, they confront life-altering choices between justice, family, and survival. With the criminal web closing in on Sara, their only escape route leads them across the desert to the United States.

Disappeared

Disappeared

(2017)

Illegal

(2020)

Standalone Novels

The Way of the Jaguar

(2000)

Behind the Eyes

(2006)

Marcelo in the Real World

(2008)

The Last Summer of the Death Warriors

(2010)

Irises

(2012)

The Memory of Light

(2016)

On the Hook

(2021)

I Am Not Alone

(2023)

One Last Chance to Live

(2024)

Anthologies

Two and Twenty Dark Tales

(2012)

Life Inside My Mind

(2018)

Unbroken

(2018)

Ab Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes

(2023)

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