Gina María Balibrera

Gina María Balibrera
OccupationNovelist
NationalitySalvadoran-American
EducationUniversity of Michigan (MFA)

Gina María Balibrera is a Salvadoran-American novelist.

Balibrera was born to a Salvadoran immigrant family and grew up in San Francisco. She became interested in writing at a young age, and considered herself to be a writer by the time she was in high school.[1][non-primary source needed] In 2011, Balibrera began attending graduate school at the University of Michigan as part of the Helen Zell Writers' Program, later becoming a Zell Postgraduate Fellow in fiction.[1][2]

Her work has appeared in Boston Review,[3] Ploughshares,[4] and Michigan Quarterly Review.[5] Her short story "Álvaro" won the 2017 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest.[3][non-primary source needed] She was an editor at The Offing.[6]

In 2020, she was a Sandra Cisneros Fellow.[7][non-primary source needed]

Her 2024 novel, The Volcano Daughters, follows two Salvadoran sisters in the 1930s during and after La Matanza.[1]

Works

  • The Volcano Daughters. Pantheon. August 20, 2024. ISBN 978-0-593-31723-5.[8][9][10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ a b c Skinner, Claire (2014). "In-Process: A Conversation with Gina Balibrera". Michigan Quarterly Review. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  2. ^ Holtzman, Natalia (August 14, 2024). "Author Gina María Balibrera examines sisterhood and Latin American identity in acclaimed new novel". Concentrate. Archived from the original on September 30, 2024. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Balibrera, Gina (June 16, 2017). "Álvaro". Boston Review. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  4. ^ Duffer, Ellen (July 30, 2014). "Writers and Their Pets: Gina Balibrera". Ploughshares. Archived from the original on September 30, 2024. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  5. ^ "Gina Balibrera". Michigan Quarterly Review. Archived from the original on September 30, 2024. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  6. ^ "Meet the Editors: Gina Maria Balibrera Amyx". The Offing. November 2, 2015. Archived from the original on September 30, 2024. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  7. ^ "Gina Balibrera". Under The Volcano. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  8. ^ Arana, Marie (August 18, 2024). "Book Review: 'The Volcano Daughters,' by Gina María Balibrera". The New York Times. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  9. ^ "Review: When the dead speak, Gina María Balibrera asks us to listen". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  10. ^ "Book Marks reviews of The Volcano Daughters by Gina María Balibrera". Book Marks. Archived from the original on August 29, 2024. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  11. ^ "The Volcano Daughters by Gina María Balibrera". Publishers Weekly. June 11, 2024. Archived from the original on September 30, 2024. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  12. ^ "The Volcano Daughters". Kirkus Reviews. June 15, 2024. Archived from the original on September 30, 2024. Retrieved September 29, 2024.