John Paul Jaramillo

Fiction Writer

Springfield, IL
Illinois US

Author's Bio

His stories have appeared in the Acentos Review, Palabra, A Magazine of Chicano and Latino Literary Art and Somos en Escrito–most recently in La Casita Grande Lounge and Nat Brut #9. He is the author of the story collection The House of Order, named a 2013 Int’l Latino Book Award Finalist, and the novel in stories Little Mocos from Twelve Winters Press. In 2013 Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature listed Jaramillo as one of its Top 10 New Latino Authors to Watch and Read.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Carlos Montoya--A Novel (Twelve Winters Press, 2023)
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Little Mocos--a Novel (Twelve Winters Press, 2017)
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The House of Order: Stories (Anaphora Literary Press, 2012)
Journals: ,
Antique Children
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InDigest
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Paraphilia Magazine
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Pilgrimage Magazine
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Prizes won: 

His collection The House of Order: Stories was named an International Latino Book Award Finalist and in 2013 Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature listed Jaramillo as one of its Top 10 New Latino Authors to Watch and Read. 

2024 Latino Book Award– Finalist–Rudolfo Anaya Best Latino Focused Fiction Book

2024 Mayor’s Award for the Arts–Individual Literary Artist

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo, Fat City by Leonard Gardner, Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Latino/Latina/Latinx
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Pueblo, CO
Colorado
Raised in: 
Pueblo, CO
Colorado
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Last update: Aug 13, 2025