George Cole

George Cole was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and has lived in the United States since 1998. He holds a B.A. in French Language and Literature from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, an M.A. in Hispanic Literature from Washington State University, and a Ph.D. in Hispanic American Literature from Arizona State University. For the past three decades he has also worked as a playwright, director and actor. He is the author of the plays Y el director, dónde está? (2007) and La indocumentada (2008), the poetry collections Círculos concéntricos (2014), Hojas sueltas (2015) and La isla que no se va (2025), and the book of cyberpunk noir short stories Cadáveres en la oscura ciudad y otros relatos (2023). He is currently an associate professor of Hispanic literature at Texas Tech University.