E.E. Charlton-Trujillo

Who is E.E. Charlton-Trujillo?

e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, a South Texas native, is an award-winning filmmaker and novelist.

She attended Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and did graduate work in film at Ohio University. While there, she wrote her first play, Bellies and Seeds and for her first film, Passing Through. She also was the recipient of I. Hollis Perry-Billman and the Betty Thomas Filmmaking Awards for her thesis film Cielto Liendo.

She then moved to New York City as an intern at Killer Films. Subsequently, she finished her first novel Prizefighter En Mi Casa. "Prizefighter En Mi Casa" won the Delacorte Dell Yearling Award, as well as the Parents' Choice Silver Honor for 'giving life —sadness, hope and despair to a Mexican family living in a small town in south Texas.'. Her second book, Feels Like Home, was written the following year.

The Progressive Radio Show interviewed her in 2007, after the release of "Feels Like Home".

Charlton-Trujillo released her third novel, Fat Angie, in March 2013. Early buzz from authors Gregory Maguire, Ellen Hopkins, Pat Schmatz and Jo Knowles made Fat Angie the must read novel of 2013.