Silvio Sirias

Silvio Sirias is the author of Bernardo and the Virgin (2005), Meet Me under the Ceiba (2009), winner of the Chicano/Latino Literary Prize for Best Novel, The Saint of Santa Fe, and The Season of Stories. A native of Los Angeles, he spent his adolescence in Nicaragua and currently lives in Panama. In 2010, Silvio was named one of the “Top Ten New Latino Authors to Watch (and Read).” He has a doctorate in Spanish from the University of Arizona. In addition to fiction, he has published academic books on Julia Alvarez, Rudolfo Anaya, and the poet Salomon de la Selva. He also has a collection of essays titled Love Made Visible: Reflections on Writing, Teaching, and Other Distractions. The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature lists him among the handful of authors who are introducing Central American themes into the U.S. literary landscape. For more information, visit his website at www.silviosirias.com