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Interview on NPR
Greetings Gente! This past weekend I was honored to be interviewed by NPR as part of their "Weekend America" show about how the stories we tell are often not true. You can listen online on their site: http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/d |
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new representation
Great news! I'm now working with a new agent: Rebecca Sherman at Writers House. I'm so pleased as we are already doing great work together and will be sending out the young adult version of La Mangosta: Pirate Hunter soon.
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Vermont College of Fine Arts
I've recently been transferred within the auspices of Union Institute & University to be the Marketing and Admissions Director for the newly formed Vermont College of Fine Arts. It's an exciting time, and once the sale goes through--hopefully in April--I will become a part of the first college in the country devoted exclusively to low-residency fine arts learning. As a graduate of the MFA in Writing Program I know how powerful these programs are and I'm grateful to be a part of this new venture.
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Look for Sister Chicas at Costco!
Yes, you read it right, Sister Chicas will soon be at Costcos in select areas around the country! We could not be more pleased and will be working on arranging signings this fall. Right now I'm hard at work on El Cuco, my new horror novel, and I have just been asked to do some guest postings on my favorite Latino blogging site, La Bloga! |
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Notes and updates
 We just got back from Puerto Rico and it is hard to adjust to 40 degrees below zero after a week of sun on La Isla Bonita! But while there I wrote an article for Caribbean Travel Magazine called "The Reluctant Omnivore" that will appear in their October 2007 issue. And, I'm pleased to announce my partnership with a new literary agent. I have just signed with Jenoyne Adams of Levine Greenberg and I couldn't be happier. Besides being a stunning writer (you must read Selah's Bed) she is a supportive agent and I am looking forward to a long and fruitful partnership. |
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Cuentista is done!
I'm happy to announce that my latest novel, The Gift of the Cuentista is finished. Two years in the making and Isla Larsen Sanchez's story is at an end. And I found a few surprises on the way. Now to find a good home for her. I will keep you all posted on its progress. In addition, I have some interesting magazine pieces coming up. I wrote an article on the trend of getting tattooed over 50 for AARP Magazine that will appear in their July/August issue. I will also be doing a piece for Caribbean Travel and Life Magazine which is a reluctant omnivore's culinary tour of Puerto Rico (it's a long story, but you're intrigued, aren't you? Guess you will just have to buy the magazine!). My family and I are heading to La Isla Bonita to see my family and eat disturbing food later this month. Hope you are all staying warm (or if you are in a warm place already, enjoy it for the rest of us). Besos, Ann |
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Welcome to my new author site!
Greetings and welcome to my website. I appreciate the opportunity to communicate with you about my projects, my life, and my incessant musings. After all, a blog in the hands of a storyteller is a dangerous thing. I am hard at work on my new novel, The Gift of the Cuentista. It is about a young girl of mixed heritage, Isla Sanchez Larsen, whose young life is difficult, what with her father's death and mother's alcoholism. Isla struggles with her identity, only wishing to find her place in the world. She spends her summers with her mother's family in Puerto Rico, and during her eighth year her beloved Abuela dies. Isla's grandmother was a cuentista, a storyteller, and that night Isla has a vision of one of Abuela's stories, and soon discovers that the visions will not stop until she writes them down. As a storyteller in the family dies, more visions come, and with time she discovers that not only can she not interfere in the events, but they can be dangerous. As her teenage years approach, her mother find sobriety, and Isla begins to build a life for herself in New York City. The visions fade and she slowly turns her back on her Puerto Rican roots and the gift of the cuentista. But years late during a college class the gift comes back with a vengeance. She has a vision of her great Aunt Alma that puts Isla's life in danger and will not stop with the writing down. She comes to realize that her dead Aunt is trying to tell her something. Isla returns to Puerto Rico after a five year absence and while uncovering Alma's secret, she recovers her own identity as a Sanchez and a Latina. The Gift of the Cuentista, while a work of fiction, is based on my own search for identity and the desire to replant my Puerto Rican roots. I was always been inspired by the storytelling in my family, a role that often (but not always) fell to the women. I liked the idea of these cuentos playing out for Isla, and that the power of the gift is in the recording of these stories. I look forward to sharing this tale with you when it is done. |
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