Cristina García
Novelist, Author
1958 –
Who is Cristina García?
Cristina García is a Cuban-born American journalist and novelist. After working for Time Magazine as a researcher, reporter, and Miami bureau chief, she turned to writing fiction. Her first novel, Dreaming in Cuban, received critical acclaim and was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has since published her novels The Agüero Sisters and Monkey Hunting, and has edited books of Cuban and other Latin American literature. Her fourth novel, A Handbook to Luck, was released in hardcover in 2007 and came out in paperback in April 2008.
In 2009, Garcia was hired as the Visiting Affiliate Professor and Black Mountain Institute Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has other colleges including the University of Texas-Austin, Texas Tech University, and Texas State University-San Marcos, where she is the 2012-14 University Chair in Creative Writing.
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- Born
- Jul 4, 1958
Havana - Also known as
- Cristina Garcia
- Ethnicity
- Cuban American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Barnard College
Political Science
( - 1979) - Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University
European studies
( - 1981) - Latin American studies
- Bachelor of Arts, Barnard College
- Lived in
- Napa
- Texas
(2010 - )
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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