The Cat King of Havana was published September 6 by Katherine Tegen Books, a subsidiary of HarperCollins.
The publisher's description of the book calls it a "smart and witty debut teen novel" which "treads a colorful coming-of-age journey from New York City to Havana that will appeal to fans of books by Matthew Quick and Junot Díaz."
Kreicbergs is a Latvia-born author who writes in English. He studied in the US after high school and went on to work on Wall Street.
Kreicbergs' first prose works in the science-fiction genre were published overseas, and he has received several nominations for the prestigious Nebula Award.
