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This author appeared at the 2009 festival. Please view the list of authors appearing at this year's festival or see our suggestions for similar authors below.
 Benjamin Alire Saenz
Like all kids, Little Diego and his big sister Gabriela argue over their new dog Sofie. She belongs to me, says Diego. No, she's mine, says Gabriela. It's only when Sofie gets really sick that they find out who their tortilla-loving pup really belongs to in Sáenz's charming new picture book The Dog Who Loved Tortillas. Sáenz is also being featured at the Festival this year for his new young adult novel Last Night I Sang to the Monster, in which the protagonist, Zach, is 18. He is bright and articulate. He's also an alcoholic, and he's is in rehab instead of high school, but he doesn’t remember how he got there. He's not sure he wants to remember. Something bad must have happened. Something really, really bad. Remembering sucks and being alive—well, what’s up with that? Sáenz received three starred Publishers Weekly reviews in 2008—one for his young adult novel He Forgot to Say Goodbye and two for his illustrated book A Perfect Season for Dreaming. Long at the forefront of the emerging Latino literature in the United States, he has received both Wallace Stegner and Lannan fellowships, and he is a recipient of the American Book Award. His young adult novel Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood was named one of the Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults in 2005. This year, he will be receiving the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award at the Festival. Sáenz lives in El Paso.
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