Luis Humberto Crosthwaite
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| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Tijuana, Mexico |
| Occupation | Writer, editor, and journalist |
Luis Humberto Crosthwaite (born 1962 in Tijuana) is a writer, editor, and journalist whose work has appeared in a variety of international venues. His fiction works have garnered critical attention for his ability to express the complexities of living on the US/Mexico border region.
Crosthwaite spent most of his life in Tijuana before moving to San Diego, where he worked at The San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper as columnist and editor.
Currently,[when?] Crosthwaite lives in Tijuana.
Publications
[edit]English
[edit]As author
[edit]- The Moon Will Forever be a Distant Love, translated by Debbie Nathan and Willivaldo Delgadillo, from La luna siempre será un dificíl amor (novel, 1997)[1]
- Out of their Minds (2013)[2]
As editor
[edit]- Puro Border: Dispatches, Snapshots, & Graffiti from La Frontera (anthology, 2003)[3]
As translator
[edit]- Once Around the Block / Una Vuelta a la Manzana, written and illustrated by José Lozano (2009)[4]
- Little Chanclas, written and illustrated by José Lozano (2015)[5]
- Birdie's Beauty Parlor / El Salon de Belleza de Birdie, written by Lee Merrill Byrd and illustrated by Francisco Degado (2020)[6]
- Maximilian and the Curse of the Fallen Angel, written and illustrated by Xavier Garza (2020)[7]
- Still Dreaming/Seguimos soñando written by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez and illustrated by Magdalena Mora (2022)[8]
Spanish
[edit]- Marcela y el rey al fin juntos (short stories, 1988)
- Mujeres con traje de baño caminan solitarias por las playas de su llanto (short stories, 1990)
- El gran preténder (novella, 1990)
- No quiero escribir no quiero (short stories, 1993)
- Lo que estará en mi corazón (non-fiction, 1994)
- La luna siempre será un amor difícil (novel, 1994)
- Estrella de la calle sexta (two novellas and a short story), 2000)
- Idos de la mente - la increíble y (a veces) triste historia de Ramón y Cornelio (novel, 2001)
- Instrucciones para cruzar la frontera (short stories, 2002)
- Aparta de mí este cáliz (novel, 2009)
- Idos de la mente - la increíble y (a veces) triste historia de Ramón y Cornelio (revised edition, 2010)
- Tijuana: crimen y olvido (novel, 2010)
- Instrucciones para cruzar la frontera (revised edition, 2011)
References
[edit]- ^ "The Moon Will Be A Distant Love". Kirkus Reviews. November 1, 1997. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
- ^ "Out of Their Minds by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite". Publishers Weekly. June 10, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
- ^ "PURO BORDER: Dispatches, Snapshots & Graffiti from La Frontera by". Publishers Weekly. March 3, 2003. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
- ^ "Once Around the Block / Una Vuelta a la Manzana". Kirkus Reviews. July 1, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
- ^ "Little Chanclas". Kirkus Reviews. April 15, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
- ^ "Birdie's Beauty Parlor / El Salon de Belleza de Birdie". Kirkus Reviews. April 21, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
- ^ "Maximilian and the Curse of the Fallen Angel". Kirkus Reviews. January 17, 2020. Archived from the original on June 14, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
- ^ Roback, Diane; Kantor, Emma; Jones, Iyana (January 30, 2023). "Luqman-Dawson, Salati, and Tahir Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Awards". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
