Lucrecia Guerrero
Lucrecia Guerrero is an American novelist and short story writer whose works include (2000) and (2010).
Biography[]
Guerrero spent her childhood years in Nogales, Arizona, and the border sense of that experience infuses her work. Her characters inhabit two worlds—often literally and metaphorically: their traditional Hispanic roots are often at war with the more transient values of the modern United States.[citation needed] Her stories often focus on young people facing their own moments of transition. Tree of Sighs has recently won the . Guerrero's work has brought her a solid core of admirers.
Guerrero currently resides near Chicago, where she writes and finds herself in frequent demand for teaching assignments at writers' conferences. She holds an MFA from in Louisville.
References[]
- Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue, Border Fictions: Globalization, Empire, and Writing at the Boundaries of the United States. Oxford University Press.
- 21st-century American novelists
- American women novelists
- Living people
- 21st-century American women writers