Luis Humberto Crosthwaite

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Luis Humberto Crosthwaite
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Born1962 (age 6162)
Tijuana, Mexico
OccupationWriter, editor, and journalist

Luis Humberto Crosthwaite (born 1962 in Tijuana) is a writer, editor, and journalist whose work has appeared in a variety of international venues. His fiction works have garnered critical attention for his ability to express the complexities of living on the US/Mexico border region.

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Crosthwaite spent most of his life in Tijuana before moving to San Diego, where he worked at The San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper as columnist and editor.

Currently,[ when? ] Crosthwaite lives in Tijuana.

Publications

English

As author

  • The Moon Will Forever be a Distant Love, translated by Debbie Nathan and Willivaldo Delgadillo, from La luna siempre será un dificíl amor (novel, 1997) [1]
  • Out of their Minds (2013) [2]

As editor

  • Puro Border: Dispatches, Snapshots, & Graffiti from La Frontera (anthology, 2003) [3]

As translator

  • Once Around the Block / Una Vuelta a la Manzana, written and illustrated by José Lozano (2009) [4]
  • Little Chanclas, written and illustrated by José Lozano (2015) [5]
  • Birdie's Beauty Parlor / El Salon de Belleza de Birdie, written by Lee Merrill Byrd and illustrated by Francisco Degado (2020) [6]
  • Maximilian and the Curse of the Fallen Angel, written and illustrated by Xavier Garza (2020) [7]
  • Still Dreaming/Seguimos soñando written by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez and illustrated by Magdalena Mora (2022) [8]

Spanish

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References

  1. "The Moon Will Be A Distant Love". Kirkus Reviews . November 1, 1997. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  2. "Out of Their Minds by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite". Publishers Weekly . June 10, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  3. "PURO BORDER: Dispatches, Snapshots & Graffiti from La Frontera by". Publishers Weekly . March 3, 2003. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  4. "Once Around the Block / Una Vuelta a la Manzana". Kirkus Reviews . July 1, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  5. "Little Chanclas". Kirkus Reviews . April 15, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  6. "Birdie's Beauty Parlor / El Salon de Belleza de Birdie". Kirkus Reviews . April 21, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  7. "Maximilian and the Curse of the Fallen Angel". Kirkus Reviews . January 17, 2020. Archived from the original on June 14, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  8. Roback, Diane; Kantor, Emma; Jones, Iyana (January 30, 2023). "Luqman-Dawson, Salati, and Tahir Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Awards". Publishers Weekly . Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2024.