Immigrant Novels

As a novelist who has spent my life shaped by immigration, I’m drawn again and again to immigrant novels that explore what it means to leave one home behind and build another. I grew up [...]

Epic Reads just posted an excerpt of JULIETA AND THE ROMEOS. Check it out! Click here. Want to see it typeset? Click here.                  

Meet Alda P. Dobbs! I feel lucky to have some pretty cool writing friends, and Alda P. Dobbs is chief among them. Learn about the awesome way we met, what inspired her to write her break-out hit [...]

When my book was about to be released, a woman reached out to me via my website inviting me to be on a panel. Usually panel invitations come from people you already know, so I was intrigued. [...]

Today I was so excited to hear this audio excerpt of the LOVE IN ENGLISH audio book. Take a listen! Click on the picture below (it opens in a separate tab).

There are milestones in a writer’s life that one never forgets. The first time a teacher tells you you have a knack for this writing thing, and that you should explore that. The first time [...]

Welcome to Come On In Anthology: Misa Sugiura Interview. I was honored to be invited to participate in the anthology Come On In: 15 Stories about Immigration and Finding Home. As the subtitle [...]

Someone recently reached out to me to share this interesting piece, called “Dreamers: Living Undocumented in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction” written by Dr. Amy Cummings,  an [...]