Reyna Grande
Saturday, May 9, 2009 (7 pm)
Novelist Reyna Grande will read passages from her fiction and memoir-in-progress. Grande won an American Book Award and El Premio Aztlan Literary Award for her critically acclaimed novel, Across A Hundred Mountains. She will discuss the challenges she has encountered as a Latina, an immigrant and a successful writer.
Reyna Grande has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing and Film and Video from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Antioch University. She was born in Mexico and was raised by her grandparents after her parents left her behind while they worked in the U.S. She came to the U.S. at the age of ten as an undocumented immigrant and went on to become the first person in her family to obtain a higher education. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children. She is a sought-after speaker at middle/high schools, colleges and universities across the nation. Her second novel, Dancing with Butterflies, will be published in October 2009. She is currently at work on a memoir.
Ms. Grande will autograph, and make available for sale, copies of Across A Hundred Mountains.
The event is free and open to the public. Parking is free in the church lot at 6125 Carlos Avenue; one block north of Hollywood and Gower. To confirm seating, please e-mail angelicarandle@gmail.com.