Maria Venegas

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Maria Venegas is an American writer, who was born in Mexico. She immigrated to the United States at the age of four. [1] She graduated from Hunter College with an MFA in creative writing, where she was a Hertog Fellow [2] for Frank McCourt. [2] She currently lives in New York City. [1]

Contents

Her memoir Bulletproof Vest received positive reviews from The New York Times, [3] NPR, [4] and Chicago Tribune. [5]

Works

She has also written short stories which have appeared in Granta , The Guardian , and Ploughshares. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Macmillan. "Maria Venegas | Authors | Macmillan". Macmillan. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 www.675plus.com. "Creative Writing MFA Hertog Fellowship". www.hunter.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Lazar, Zachary (2014-08-08). "'Bulletproof Vest,' by Maria Venegas". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  4. ↑ "A Thousand Stories, Brilliantly Collapsed In 'Bulletproof Vest'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  5. ↑ Tribune, Chicago. "Maria Venegas on 'Bulletproof Vest'". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  6. ↑ Lazar, Zachary (8 August 2014). "'Bulletproof Vest,' by Maria Venegas". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Bio & Interview". Maria Venegas - Bulletproof Vest. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
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