Victor Villaseñor

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Victor Villaseñor (born 1940) is an American fiction and non-fiction author. His works center on the Mexican American experience. His 1991 book Rain of Gold, a New York Times bestseller, describes the roots of his family. His works are often taught in American schools. He has gone on to write Thirteen Senses: A Memoir, a continuation of Rain of Gold and Burro Genius: A Memoir that describes his own life. He has also written screenplays.

Villaseñor was born in the barrio of Carlsbad, California and raised in the nearby city of Oceanside. In his forties, he was diagnosed with an extreme case of dyslexia. Since then, he has become an advocate for children with learning disabilities. The author is the founding chair of the John Steinbeck Foundation.

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  • Burro Genius: A Memoir, New York : Rayo, 2004. ISBN 0060526122.
  • Thirteen Senses: A Memoir, New York : Harper Collins, 2004.
  • The frog and his friends save humanity/La rana y sus amigos salvan a la humanidad, (Spanish translation Edna Ochoa), Houston, TX : Piñata Books/Arte Publico Press, 2005. ISBN 1558854290.
  • Macho!, Houston: Arte Publico Press, 1991. ISBN 1558850279.
  • Rain of Gold, Houston: Arte Publico Press, 1991. ISBN 1558850309.

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