Fernando Flores

Fernando A. Flores was born in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and grew up in south Texas. He is the author of the collections "Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas" and "Valleyesque" and the novel "Tears of the Trufflepig," which was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and named a best book of 2019 by Tor.com. His latest book is "Brother Brontë." His fiction has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly, American Short Fiction, Ploughshares, Frieze, and Porter House Review. He lives in Austin.

Awards: In 2018, he won the Writers’ League of Texas Discovery Prize in Fiction

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:

Brother Brontë

A Novel
Nuestras Raices
MCD Books
February 2026
ISBN 9781250419927
352 pages
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Valleyesque

Stories
Nuestras Raices
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
May 2022
ISBN 9780374604134
208 pages
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