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James Villanueva

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Bio

Award winning writer and educator, James Villanueva, is the author of, Remembering Slaton, Texas: Centennial Stories 1911-2011, published by The History Press and the young adult novel, Flick. He has been featured in several publications and magazines including Texas Monthly, Latino Lubbock Magazine, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has presented and been a special guest speaker for several writing workshops and conferences throughout the United States. The teleplay for his novel, Flick, was an entry in the Austin Film Festival. The Secret Language of Prairie Dogs is Villanueva's third full-length book.James is on the board of the Wild Lark Books Fund, a registered nonprofit entity with the mission of making publishing accessible by providing resources to historically excluded - and thus under-heard - writers. The Wild Lark Books Fund serves historically excluded communities and minority voices. This includes young writers, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and historically oppressed ethnicities. Generous donations and all proceeds from sales make the vision of The Wild Lark Books Fund possible. James is also the director of the Wild Lark Books Young Writers Project which hosts writing workshops for teens throughout the South Plains and will be used for the creation of the anthology, The Trailblazer, Young Voices of the Texas Panhandle, to be published by Wild Lark Books in 2023. James currently teaches English at Lubbock-Estacado High School where he assists with One Act Play and coaches speech and debate. He lives in Slaton, Texas with his larger-than-life miniature dachshund, Oliver, and is busy editing his next book.

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