Jennifer Givhan

Jennifer Givhan is a Chicana/Indigenous author from the Southwestern desert and a recipient of the NEA and PEN Emerging Voices fellowships. The LA Times called her novel "Salt Bones" “a triumph... One of the most masterful marriages of horror, mystery, thriller and literary writing.” It was a Publisher’s Weekly and Book Riot Best Book of 2025. Givhan has won an International Latino Book Award in Rudolfo Anaya Latino-Focused Fiction and holds a Master’s degree from Cal State Fullerton and a Master’s in Fine Arts from Warren Wilson College.

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Awards: International Latino Book Award, Southwest Book Award, New Ohio Review’s Poetry Prize, Phoebe Journal’s Greg Grummer Poetry Prize, the Pinch Journal Poetry Prize, Cutthroat’s Joy Harjo Poetry Prize.

Communities: Hispanic or Latinx, Indigenous or Native American, Person with a Disability

Workshop: Reeling Readers In

Join award-winning Mexican-American and Indigenous poet and novelist Jennifer Givhan for an insightful writing workshop. Givhan is the author of "Salt Bones," one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2025. Attendees will hone their storytelling and learn to draw readers in from Page One.

Integrated Learning Center Room 125AB (Seats 40, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sun, Mar 15, 10:00 am - 10:55 am
Nuestras Raices
Signing area: No Signing for this Panel (following presentation)

Panelist: Jennifer Givhan
Sponsor: Session made possible courtesy of Words, Women, and Wine Book Club

La Lucha Sigue: Resistance in Fiction

Join Fernando Flores, Jennifer Givhan, and Ruben Reyes Jr. as they discuss stories of resistance, justice, and the ties that bring people together. Their narratives transcend borders (both physical and metaphorical) between worlds both familiar and strange, connected by shared humanity.

Nuestras Raíces Stage (Seats 150)  
Sun, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Nuestras Raices
Signing area: Pima County Public Library/Nuestras Raíces/Craft Tent & Signing Area (following presentation)  

Panelists: Fernando Flores, Jennifer Givhan, Ruben Reyes Jr.
Moderator: Karla Silva
Sponsor: Session made possible courtesy of Pima County Public Library

Books:

Salt Bones

A Novel
Nuestras Raices
Little Brown
July 2025
ISBN 9780316581523
384 pages
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River Woman, River Demon

A Novel
Nuestras Raices
Blackstone Publishing
October 2023
ISBN 9798212175104
376 pages
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