Luis Alberto Urrea
Mexican-American novelist and memoirist whose The Hummingbird's Daughter is a lyrical biographical novel of the Mexican saint Teresita Urrea. Into the Beautiful North is a comic road novel. He is one of the most celebrated Chicano literary novelists.
Works
- The Hummingbird's DaughterMexican saint's miraculous life as seen through her daughter's perspective
- Queen of AmericaMexican woman's journey from poverty to unlikely American success
- The Devil's HighwayNonfiction account of migrants' deadly desert crossing to Arizona
- Into the Beautiful NorthMexican family attempts dangerous journey northward across the US border
- The Water Museum