Patricia Santana

Patricia Santana (born 1955 San Diego) is a Latina American novelist.

Life

She is the eighth of nine children of Mexican immigrants. Her parents are from El Grullo, Jalisco.

She graduated from University of California, San Diego, and from the University of California, Los Angeles with a master's degree in Comparative Literature.

She is a Spanish instructor at Cuyamaca Community College and is also an occasional visiting lecturer at the University of California, San Diego, where she teaches creative writing.

She is the mother of Deborah and Isaac.

Awards

• 2009 American Book Award
• 2008 Premio Aztlán Literary Prize [1]
• 2003 Best Books for Young Adults by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
• 1999 University of California, Irvine Chicano/Latino Literary Contest.[2]

Works

• Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility. UNM Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-8263-2436-8. (reprint 2004)
• Ghosts of El Grullo. UNM Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-8263-4409-0.

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2010-01-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Stephanie Fetta, ed. (2008). The Chicano/Latino literary prize: an anthology of prize-winning fiction, poetry, and drama. Arte Publico Press. ISBN 978-1-55885-511-3.

External links

• "Author's website"