Tucson Festival of Books

Luis Alberto Urrea



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Sponsored by Southside Community School

Hailed by NPR as a “master storyteller with a rock and roll heart,” Luis Alberto Urrea is a prolific, acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph. His books include "Good Night, Irene," "The House of Broken Angels" and "The Water Museum."

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Awards: Guggenheim Fellow, Edgar Award, Pushcart Prize, Tucson Festival of Books Founder's Award, American Academy of Arts & Letters Fiction Award 2017

Communities: Hispanic or Latinx


Scheduled events:
Imaginative Historical Fiction
Choo, Urrea and Grodstein use different eras, places, and subjects to reveal interesting pieces of history for their best-selling novels. Combining history through the eyes of contemporary authors give us a unique point of view as they chronicle the imagined inner lives of real people—or the imaginary people of real times and places.

UA Mall Tent (Seats 250)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sat, Mar 9, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Fiction / Literature
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Central Mall (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Yangsze Choo, Lauren Grodstein, Luis Alberto Urrea
Moderator: Becky Monroe
Historical Fiction at Its Best
Two of today's best fiction writers, Lisa See and Luis Alberto Urrea, have received the Tucson Festival of Books Founders Award. Both are here with recent bestsellers exploring their roots. See explores the role of women in long-ago China. Urrea introduces us to a character inspired by his mother and her unique role during World War II. Both stories come from the heart and from the home.

Student Union North Ballroom (Seats 560)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sat, Mar 9, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Fiction / Literature
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Rincon Room (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Lisa See, Luis Alberto Urrea
Moderator: Beth Viner
Resiliency and Survival: Tales of Women Breaking Free
These authors' stories of female empowerment and women supporting each other through difficult experiences take us on different journeys - across oceans, la frontera, or spanning generations - of hope, resilience, and survival.

Nuestras Raíces Stage (Seats 150)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sun, Mar 10, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Multigenre
Signing area: Pima County Public Library/Nuestras Raíces/Craft Tent & Signing Area (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: V. Castro, Estella González, Luis Alberto Urrea
Moderator: Kristina Santiago
Luis Alberto Urrea
"Good Night, Irene," "The House of Broken Angels" (and soooo many more!)

Border Community Alliance, Booth #264 (Seats 1)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sun, Mar 10, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Nuestras Raices

Author: Luis Alberto Urrea

Books:
Good Night, Irene
Fiction / Literature
Little Brown
May 2023
ISBN 9780316265850
336 pages
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“Good Night, Irene is a beautiful, heartfelt novel that celebrates the intense power and durability of female friendship while shining a light on one of the fascinating lost women’s stories of World War II. More/less

The House of Broken Angels
Fiction / Literature
Little, Brown
March 2019
ISBN 9780316154895
Paperback, 336 pages
$16.99, INSTORE
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