Oscar Hijuelos

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<B>Oscar Hijuelos (1951-2013)</B>, a native New Yorker and the son of Cuban immigrants, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of nine novels and a memoir and a recipient of the Rome Prize awarded by The American Academy of Arts and Letters. He also received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. He became the first Latino winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1990 for his international bestseller <I>The</I> <I>Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love</I> and his novels have been translated into more than 40 languages.<BR /><BR /><B>Lori Carlson-Hijuelos</B> is an author and educator from Jamestown, New York. She studied Spanish literature and linguistics at the College of Wooster and got her MA in Hispanic literature from Indiana University. Lori has taught at different universities, like Duke, and she's the editor of amazing books for kids and teens, such as<I> Cool Salsa, American Eyes, Voices in First Person</I>, and<I> Burnt Sugar Caña Quemada</I>. She lives in the bustling city of New York.