Cristina Rivera Garza is the award-winning author of The Taiga Syndrome and The Iliac Crest, among many other books. A recipient of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for her memoir Liliana’s Invincible Summer, as well as a MacArthur “Genius” grant and the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, Rivera Garza is professor of Hispanic studies at the University of Houston, where she also directs the creative writing program.
