Laura Kanost Translator & Author

Cristina Rivera Garza is the award-winning author of six novels, three collections of short stories, five collections of poetry, and three nonfiction books. Originally written in Spanish, these works have been translated into multiple languages. She is Distinguished Professor of Hispanic Studies and Director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston.

Laura Kanost is Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages at Kansas State University. She is the coauthor of Latin American Women and the Literature of Madness: Narratives at the Crossroads of Gender, Politics, and the Mind.