Valeria Luiselli

Valeria Luiselli, born on August sixteenth, nineteen eighty-three, is a distinguished Mexican-American author and university teacher. Renowned for her literary contributions, she has penned notable works such as the essay collection Sidewalks and the acclaimed novel Faces in the Crowd, which earned her the prestigious Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.

Her novel The Story of My Teeth, published in two thousand fifteen, was a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Best Translated Book Award. It also won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Fiction, further solidifying her reputation in the literary world. In addition, Luiselli received the Premio Metropolis Azul in Montreal, Quebec, recognizing her exceptional talent.

With her works translated into over twenty languages, Luiselli's writing has graced esteemed publications such as The New York Times, Granta, McSweeney's, and The New Yorker. Her thought-provoking book Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism.

In two thousand nineteen, her novel Lost Children Archive won the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, further showcasing her literary prowess. Luiselli's accolades include the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 award in two thousand fourteen and a MacArthur Fellowship, also known as a MacArthur 'Genius Grant', in two thousand nineteen. The Vilcek Foundation honored her with a Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature and the Folio Prize in two thousand twenty.