About

Rubén Degollado's work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Lit Hub, Texas Highways, The Common, and the anthologies Living Beyond Borders and Nepantla Familias. His YA novel, Throw, was published in 2019 and won the Texas Institute of Letters 2020 Award for Best Young Adult Book, was included on the Texas Library Association 2020 TAYSHAS list of best books for teen readers, and was a Christianity Today 2020 Book of Merit. Rubén’s debut literary novel, The Family Izquierdo, published in 2022 by W.W. Norton, was longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award, is a Texas Institute of Letters Best Fiction Award finalist, a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2022.

Rubén has been an educator since 1994, serving as a tutor, teacher, assistant principal, principal, and director of school improvement. He has been married to his wife, Julie, for over 25 years and they live with their three children on a ranch in Texas.

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