Authors
Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D. presents the works of several women from Paraguay.
A review of biography of this Nicaraguan author of The Inhabited Women.
A discussion of the life and influences of Salvadoran writer Benitez.
Irene I. Blea, Ph. D., is an accomplished Chicana feminist lecturer with several publications available on race, class, and gender.
Official site of the Cuban-American Rafael Campos.
the one time culture writer for Newsweek and author of several books for children and adults, including Marisol and Magdalena and Quinceanera Means Sweet Fifteen.
Biography, bibliography, and reviews of the Mexican-American author of The House on Mango Street.
Interviews, photos, a few works and brief biography of this Argentine magical realist who has influenced many other writers. [Español]
The seventeenth century Mexican nun was a scholar, playwright, poet and one of the first feminists in the colonial Americas.
A brief biography of the author of Stones for Ibarra.
Information about the author of Singing to Cuba and Skywriting: A Novel of Cuba .
Lidia & Charles LoPinto, both with graduate degrees in Chemical Engineering, write about a Puerto Rican environmental engineer from Vieques and her Irish FBI agent patner who investigate crimes against the environment. [English/Español]
Author and screenwriter of Santitos. The movie was released in January 2000.
Read an interview by Salon. Author of Like Water, For Chocolate.
A summary of The Youngest Doll with a look at the biographical influences of this Puerto Rican author.
Interviews and reviews of the works of Cristina Garcia.
Reviews of works by the private investigator who authored of the "Lupe Solano mysteries".
Discussions with the author of The Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuña and The Magic of Blood.
Sample articles by these nationally syndicated Latino columnists.
A brief bio of the Cuban contemporary of Langston Hughes.
Author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, from which the movie Mambo Kings was based.
Comprehensive site about Mario Vargas Llosa from the New York Times. [Español]
This site does a magnificent task of tracking the history, life, works, and musings of this prolific author.
Author of Fire Lilies, a saga of the Mexican Revolution. 2002 Eppie finalist for Historical Fiction.
Considered the greatest Puerto Rican poet of the modernist period.
Web site has information about her poetry, nonfiction and various literacy events.
J.L. Navarro first published "Blue Day On Main Street" in 1973 with Quinto Sol, the first Chicano in the US to publish a short story collection. Here is his latest work, "After the War".
This Mexican poet and critic became the 1990 Nobel Prize winner "for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity."
Reviews and links for the author of The Wedding and Taking Control.
Reviews, interviews and links for the Mexican author of Hasta no verte Jesus mio and Tinisima.
Esther Bonilla Read is an educator and writer. She is the author of "Kindergarten Kapers" and "Juanito".
Author for which the Tomás Rivera Center for Student Success is named.
Author of several coming of age stories, written for young people and adults. Books include East Side Dreams, The Monkey Box and Forgotten Memories.
Sample articles by these nationally syndicated Latino columnists.
Read essays by the author of Hunger of Memory- The Education of Richard Rodriguez.
Interview of the author of When I Was Puerto Rican and Almost a Woman.
Listing and links to the works of this Spanish-Mexican crime writer that includes magical realism in his works.
The official website for this Puerto Rican/Cuban author of Down These Mean Streets.
Articles by Piri Thomas, from In Motion Magazine. [English]
Web site for the author of "The Last Tortilla and Other Stories." He has several of his stories, articles and interviews online, including an essay "Why Should Latinos Write Their Own Stories?"
