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Best Novel Award Winner - International Latino Book Awards
Violet Crown Awards Fiction Finalist, Writers League of Texas
Books Into Movies Award Winner - presented by Edward James Olmos
USA Today Summer Reads Author
LATINA Magazine "10 Hottest Summer Reads" Author
Named #1 among "2011 Top Ten Latino Authors" by LatinoStories.com
Listed among "Best Hispanic Writers of the 21st century" by ChaCha.com
Ohioana Library Association Featured Author
Amazon Best-Selling Author
Host and editor of MyImmigrationStory.com, an online forum for U.S. immigrants from all over the world
Writer/Producer of Two Americas: The Legacy of our Hemisphere, a public television film
Author of the novels The Skinny Years, America Libre, House Divided and Pancho Land