Maria Venegas

Image of Marie Venegas while reading at National Book Festival

Maria Venegas is an American writer, who was born in Mexico. She immigrated to the United States at the age of four.[1] She graduated from Hunter College with an MFA in creative writing, where she was a Hertog Fellow [2] for Frank McCourt.[2] She currently lives in New York City.[1]

Her memoir Bulletproof Vest received positive reviews from The New York Times,[3] NPR,[4] and Chicago Tribune.[5]

Works

  • Bulletproof Vest: The Ballad of an Outlaw and His Daughter (2014).[6]

She has also written short stories which have appeared in Granta, The Guardian, and Ploughshares.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Macmillan. "Maria Venegas | Authors | Macmillan". Macmillan. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b www.675plus.com. "Creative Writing MFA Hertog Fellowship". www.hunter.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Lazar, Zachary (2014-08-08). "'Bulletproof Vest,' by Maria Venegas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  4. ^ "A Thousand Stories, Brilliantly Collapsed In 'Bulletproof Vest'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  5. ^ Tribune, Chicago. "Maria Venegas on 'Bulletproof Vest'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  6. ^ Lazar, Zachary (8 August 2014). "'Bulletproof Vest,' by Maria Venegas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Bio & Interview". Maria Venegas - Bulletproof Vest. Retrieved 26 March 2016.


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