Cristina García is the author of seven novels, including: Dreaming in Cuban—a Finalist for the National Book Award whose 25th Anniversary edition is coming in March 2017—The Agüero Sisters, Monkey Hunting, A Handbook to Luck, The Lady Matador’s Hotel, and King of Cuba. García has edited two anthologies, Cubanísimo: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Cuban Literature and Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicano/a Literature. García’s work has been translated into fourteen languages. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers’ Award, a Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University, and an NEA grant, among others. García has taught at universities nationwide. Recently, she completed her tenure as University Chair in Creative Writing at Texas State University–San Marcos and as Visiting Professor at the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas–Austin. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
