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Bachelor, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, 1978. Master of Arts, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, 1983.
(Two sisters, their family torn by political turmoil and d...)
Two sisters, their family torn by political turmoil and divided loyalties, struggle to survive the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Dolores, married to a cruel man she despises, falls in love with a vaquero who works on her husband's hacienda. Alicia, the younger headstrong, spirited sister, resists an arranged marriage after she meets the love of her life, a political compatriot of her rebel brother. Join these two sisters as they discover... the fiercest battles are fought on the landscape of the heart. Winner of the 2002 Independent eBook Award for Best Romance and a Finalist for the 2002 EPIC eBook award for Best Historical Novel.
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(Don Miguel Caballero, a successful labor contractor in Te...)
Don Miguel Caballero, a successful labor contractor in Texas' Rio Grande Valley and later, in California's Salinas Valley, enjoys the good life: prosperity, the respect of his community, a marriage of thirty years, six bright children. But gradually all he has worked for begins to unravel. Three of his daughters give their versions of the disintegration of an idyllic way of life. Called a "heart-wrenchingly good tale" and "a fascinating look at a culture and way of life," The Caballeros of Ruby, Texas was a WILLA Literary Award finalist in 2003 for Original Softcover Fiction.
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(A small town with a big history, Helotes--20 miles northw...)
A small town with a big history, Helotes--20 miles northwest of downtown San Antonio--was named for the Spanish word elotes, or corn on the cob. So extensive were the fields of corn along its namesake creek, a Spanish official in 1723 called the area el Puerto de los Olotes, or Corncob Pass. When settlers later arrived, few ancient cornfields remained. Situated along Bandera Road, the town became a stagecoach stop, and a post office was established in 1873. Nevertheless, the settlement remained rural for the next 100 years. Helotes, known as a place to "let down yer hair and kick up yer heels," solidified its reputation in 1946, when John T. Floore Country Store, a dance hall and concert venue for top-rated country musicians, opened for business in downtown Helotes. The annual Cornyval Festival, inaugurated in 1966, continues this tradition. Incorporated in 1981, the town provides a verdant and hilly escape from the city.
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Bachelor, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, 1978. Master of Arts, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, 1983.
Editor Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, 1979—1989. Freelance writer, since 1988. English instructor San Antonio College, 1991—2004.
Editor Scene Publications, 2004—2008.
(Don Miguel Caballero, a successful labor contractor in Te...)
(A small town with a big history, Helotes--20 miles northw...)
(Two sisters, their family torn by political turmoil and d...)
Helotes City council, since 2008. Director Helotes Economic Development Corporation, since 2006. Member of History Society Helotes (historian since 2009), Women Writing the West (president 2002-2003).