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Luis Alberto Urrea

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A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his landmark work of nonficiton The Devil's Highway, Luis Alberto Urrea is also the bestselling author of the novels The Hummingbird's Daughter, Into the Beautiful North, and Queen of America, as well as the story collection The Water Museum, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist.

He has won the Lannan Literary Award, an Edgar Award, and a 2017 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, among many other honors. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother, he lives outside of Chicago and teaches at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Luis Alberto Urrea Books

Good Night, Irene book cover

Good Night, Irene

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The House of Broken Angels book cover

The House of Broken Angels

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Underground America book cover

Underground America

Peter Orner
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The Water Museum

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The Tijuana Book of the Dead book cover

The Tijuana Book of the Dead

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USA Noir book cover

USA Noir

Johnny Temple
Queen of America book cover

Queen of America

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La Hija de la Chuparrosa book cover

La Hija de la Chuparrosa

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Rumbo al Hermoso Norte book cover

Rumbo al Hermoso Norte

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Into the Beautiful North book cover

Into the Beautiful North

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The Devil's Highway book cover

The Devil's Highway

Luis Alberto Urrea
The Hummingbird's Daughter book cover

The Hummingbird's Daughter

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