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Reyna Grande

Reyna Grande
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Reyna Grande

Reyna Grande is the author of two award-winning novels. Across a Hundred Mountains received an American Book Award, and Dancing with Butterflies was the recipient of an International Latino Book Award. She lives in Los Angeles.

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A. Things happen for a reason
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My life in 8 words: "Like a roller coaster ride at Magic Mountain"
The Lives of Others will be released on September 10, 2013 in eBook
May 17, 2013
El Atria Español lo major de literature Mexicana sampler will be released on October 08, 2013 in eBook
May 17, 2013
La distancia entre nosotros is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 16, 2013
La distancia entre nosotros will be released on April 16, 2013 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 16, 2013
The Distance Between Us will be released on March 12, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Mar 12, 2013
The Distance Between Us is now available in Trade Paperback
Mar 12, 2013
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Jan 16, 2013
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Prologue from The Distance Between Us
Nov 10, 2012
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Nov 10, 2012
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Aug 31, 2012
The Distance Between Us is now available in eBook
Aug 28, 2012
The Distance Between Us will be released on August 28, 2012 in eBook
Aug 28, 2012
The Distance Between Us will be released on August 28, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Aug 28, 2012
The Distance Between Us is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Aug 28, 2012
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Aug 25, 2012
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Aug 22, 2012

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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Things happen for a reason Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. being straight-forward, goal-oriented, imaginative Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. J.K. Rowling Q. How would you describe perfect happiness? A. Boring Q. With whom in history do you most identify? A. Frida Kahlo Learn more about Reyna Grande

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MySanAntonio, April 11, 2013
...Book Festival/San Antonio Edition at Central Library and the . Other authors include Sandra Cisneros, Stephen Harrigan, Lawrence Wright, Reyna Grande and Domingo Martinez. The festival also will feature book sales, children's activities, cooking...
Cleveland Live, March 29, 2013
...at its filthiest point and still come out dripping nothing but story-telling mojo." The Distance Between Us Reyna Grande Washington Square Press, 322 pp., $15 Award-winning author Reyna Grande drew from her personal experiences as a child of...
Entertainment Weekly Online, March 1, 2013
...2012. See the full list of winners (in bold) and finalists below: AUTOBIOGRAPHY Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton Reyna Grande. The Distance Between Us Maureen N. McLane. My Poets Anthony Shadid. House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost...
Media Bistro, March 1, 2013
...linked to free samples of every finalist for the awards. National Book Critics Circle Finalists for 2012 AUTOBIOGRAPHY Reyna Grande.� . Atria Books Maureen N. McLane.� My Poets. Farrar, Straus and Giroux Anthony Shadid.� . Houghton Mifflin...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 28, 2013
...Robert Duncan by Lisa Jarnot, and The Black Count by Tom Reiss. Autobiography: The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande, My Poets by Maureen N. McLane, House of Stone by Anthony Shadid, and In the House of the Interpreter by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo....
Dallas Morning News, February 28, 2013
...National Magazine Award-winning Skip Hollandsworth. Other notables scheduled to attend: Kevin Fedarko, Sonia Nazario, Hampton Sides, Helen Benedict, Reyna Grande and Kevin Merida. There are many more. See the full details here. This entry was...
Kirkus Reviews, January 26, 2013
Orange County Register, April 15, 2013
...FULLERTON – Author Reyna Grande will discuss her book "The Distance Between Us, " from 2-5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17 at Portola Pavilion in the Titan Student Union at Cal State Fullerton...
Texas Observer, April 11, 2013
...our reviews): Erica Greider, Lawrence Wright, Sergio Troncoso, Lynda Rutledge, Jan Reid, Andrew Porter, Domingo Martinez, Stephen Harrigan, Reyna Grande, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Maria Antonietta Berriozábal, Jay Brandon, and H.W. Brands. ...
MySanAntonio, April 11, 2013
...Book Festival/San Antonio Edition at Central Library and the . Other authors include Sandra Cisneros, Stephen Harrigan, Lawrence Wright, Reyna Grande and Domingo Martinez. The festival also will feature book sales, children's activities, cooking...
Idyllwild Town Crier, April 10, 2013
...years of emotional instability. Crane appears at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19. Next, on May 26, is Reyna Grande discussing her book, “The Distance Between Us,” an account of being left behind in Mexico at the age of two with her uncaring and authoritarian...
Cleveland Live, March 29, 2013
...at its filthiest point and still come out dripping nothing but story-telling mojo." The Distance Between Us Reyna Grande Washington Square Press, 322 pp., $15 Award-winning author Reyna Grande drew from her personal experiences as a child of...
Capital Times, March 18, 2013
...children ages 3-12 are $5. (Normally, an adult ticket alone at that time of day is $16.25-$19.) Reyna Grande: The author of the memoir The Distance Between Us will give a free presentation about the emotional impact of illegal immigration titled “The...
Dallas Morning News, March 18, 2013
...children ages 3-12 are $5. (Normally, an adult ticket alone at that time of day is $16.25-$19.) Reyna Grande: The author of the memoir The Distance Between Us will give a free presentation about the emotional impact of illegal immigration titled “The...