Patricia Santana

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Patricia Santana
Born1955 (age 68–69)
San Diego, California, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego
University of California, Los Angeles
Notable awardsPremio Aztlán Literary Prize (2008)
American Book Award (2009)
Children2
Website
www.patriciasantana.net

Patricia Santana (born 1955 San Diego) is a Latina American novelist.

Life[edit]

She is the eighth of nine children of Mexican immigrants. Her parents are from El Grullo, Jalisco.

She graduated from the University of California, San Diego, and from the University of California, Los Angeles with a master's degree in Comparative Literature.

She is a Spanish instructor at Cuyamaca Community College and is also an occasional visiting lecturer at the University of California, San Diego, where she teaches creative writing.

She is the mother of Deborah and Isaac.

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Works[edit]

  • Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility. UNM Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-8263-2436-8. (reprint 2004)
  • Ghosts of El Grullo. UNM Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-8263-4409-0.

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