Background
Liliana V. Blum was born in Durango, Mexico, in 1974.
Liliana V. Blum was born in Durango, Mexico, in 1974.
University of Kansas.
She is one of the first Mexican writers of her generation to be translated into English. She is the author of, forthcoming from Host Publications. English translations of her stories have appeared in various literary journals, including Eclectica, Mslexia, storySouth, Blackbird, and "The Dirty Goat"
She received her bachelor"s degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Kansas and her master"s degree from Tec de Monterey.
Blum has lived in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas since 1997.
Writers who influenced her work include Rosario Castellanos, Margaret Atwood, and Bret Easton Ellis. Is Blum"s first book to appear in English.
lieutenant contains twenty-four stories, and most of them have female protagonists.
