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Rubén Degollado [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Harlingen, TX
Texas US
Email: 
ruben@rubendegollado.com
Bio: 

Rubén Degollado was born in Indiana, but is from McAllen, Texas, where the majority of his family has lived for generations. He graduated with a BA in English from the University of Texas Pan American, and a Masters in Educational Administration from Lewis and Clark College. He has been published in Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingüe, Beloit Fiction Journal, Gulf Coast, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Image, Relief, and the anthologies, Texas Short Stories, Fantasmas, and Bearing the Mystery. He published his first novel, Throw in 2019, which won several accolades. He has work forthcoming in the anthologies Dreaming of Me, Beyond Borders, and Nepantla Families.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Spanish
Favorite authors: 
Rion Amilcar Scott, Raymond Carver, Jovita González, Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, SE Hinton, James Joyce, Jhumpa Lahiri, ZZ Packer, René Saldaña, Francisco X. Stork, Natalia Sylvester, Luís Alberto Urrea, Kirstin Valdez Quade, José Antonio Villarreal
Twitter/X: 
@ruben_degollado
Born in: 
IN
Indiana
Raised in: 
McAllen, TX
Texas
Website: 
https://www.rubendegollado.com [2]
Prizes won: 

 

  • Texas Institute of Letters 2020 Award for Best Young Adult Book
  • Texas Library Association 2020 TAYSHAS List of Best Books for Teen Readers
  • Christianity Today 2020 Book of Merit
  • Texas Monthly Texas Authors Favorite Books of 2019
  • Catholic Press Association's 2nd Place Young Adult Book for 2020

Other Accolades:

  • Bellingham Review Tobias Wolff Award Finalist
  • Glimmer Train Family Matters Contest Finalist
  • Glimmer Train Fiction Open Contest Finalist
  • American Short Fiction Short Story Contest Finalist

 

Agent/Agency name: 
Tamar Rydzinski at Context Literary Agency
What I'm reading now: 
Caballero by Jovita González
Identifies as: 
Latino/Latina/Latinx
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
At Risk Youth
Incarcerated Individuals

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/ruben_degollado [2] https://www.rubendegollado.com