Patricia Santana

Patricia Santana (born 1955)

Patricia Santana
Born	1955 (age 68–69) San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of California, San Diego University of California, Los Angeles
Notable awards	Premio Aztlán Literary Prize (2008) American Book Award (2009)
Children	2
Website
www.patriciasantana.net

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 the 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

^ "UNM Today: Patricia Santana Honored with Premio Aztl?n for Ghosts of el Grullo". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
^ 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.