The Air Beneath Her Feet, my unpublished novel, is the 2025 PEN/America Bare Life Review Grant Winner.  Stories from the novel have won several awards and have appeared in the United States, United Kingdom, Austria and Canada.

This is what the judges from Pen/America had to say about the novel:

The Air Beneath Her Feet is a powerful exploration of displacement, survival, and the precarious reality of living in exile. Though taking place during the first Trump presidency, its themes remain profoundly relevant today, capturing the fear, uncertainty, and resilience of immigrants navigating hostile systems. It is a story that pulses with urgency, refusing to be merely an intellectual or artistic exercise – it bears witness to the prolonged survival of the displaced. The work’s commitment to language as a cultural anchor is particularly striking. This decision speaks to the power of language as both a claim to identity and an act of resistance against erasure, offering a raw and unflinching look at the realities of displacement in a world where true safety remains elusive.

I am still looking for a gutsy agent and a publisher (hint, hint, hint). Read the first chapter of the novel “Escuderos” first published in River Styx.  Read the name sake chapter, “The Air Beneath Her Feet” first published in the Write Launch.