Marcela Fuentes

Paula N. Luu

Marcela Fuentes is a Pushcart Prize-winning fiction writer and essayist. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and was the 2016-2017 James C. McCreight Fiction Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. Her debut novel "Malas" was a Good Morning America Book Club selection and was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Her linked story collection, "My Heart Has More Rooms Than A Whorehouse," is forthcoming.

Awards: Longlisted for Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize

Communities: Hispanic or Latinx

SW Books of the Year - Fiction

A woman looks for a missing friend. An alcoholic musician can’t get rid of a mysterious four-legged visitor, and a teen wonders about the stranger at the edge of town. These three novelists will tell us about stories that became Southwest Books of the Year.

UA Library/Special Collections (Seats 110)  
Sat, Mar 15, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Multigenre
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  

Panelists: Sydney Graves, Marcela Fuentes, Willy Vlautin
Moderator: Tom Zoellner

Love, Loss, and Second Chances

Join authors Crystal Hana Kim, Nanda Reddy, and Marcela Fuentes as they discuss the complexities of familial relationships, the impact of loss and resilience, and the ways in which people find second chances in life.

Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110)  
Sun, Mar 16, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Fiction / Literature
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Marcela Fuentes, Crystal Hana Kim, Nanda Reddy
Moderator: Natalia Gabrielsen

Books:

Malas

A Novel
Nuestras Raices
Penguin Publishing Group
June 2024
ISBN 9780593655788
384 pages

Malas (Spanish Edition)

Spanish Edition
Nuestras Raices
Random House Mondadori
June 2024
ISBN 9798890980694
380 pages