Luis Alberto Urrea
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Luis Alberto Urrea is a Latin American writer known as one of the most prominent Latino writers. Urrea is the recipient of the Lannon Literary Award, an American Book Award, and a Colorado Book Award, he has been inducted into the Latino Literary Hall of Fame. His book, The Devil's Highway, was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. Urrea's most recent book is the novel The Humming Bird's Daughter.
Urrea has taught inmates in a San Francisco jail[1]. He also teaches Creative Writing at the University of Illinois, Chicago
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- ^ Lagos, Marisa. "Author to inmate / Writer of celebrated novel reaches out to women doing time at county jail." San Francisco Chronicle (CA) November 03, 2006. EBSCOhost Newspaper Source accessed from http://web.esbscohost.com, December 16, 2007.
