I haven’t read any of them yet, but I’ve heard good things about all of them, and they share my publisher, who hires good editors, and I’m doing a reading with Oscar Casares in May, so I’d love to send them to y’all and hear what you think.

Here are the contest rules:

1. You must have a non-P.O.-box mailing address in the US or Canada that you’re willing to send me if/when you win.

2. You must post, in the comments on this post, the name of your favorite Latino author.

You must post your email address as well so I have some way of getting your address from you. If you don’t want to comment, you can also email me your response at gwendolyn.zepeda@gmail.com.

3. If you have a preference as to which of the books listed you’d like to win, go ahead and type that, too.

4. I will put y’all’s names in a Franco Sarto shoe box and have my cats draw the winners. Then I will give your addresses to Hachette (my publisher) and they will send y’all the books.

Deadline for entry is October 31.

Ready?

Go!