Since the beginning of the year, Venezuela has been on the news, from Delta Forces capturing Maduro, to political prisoners still incarcerated.  My novel, The Air Beneath Her Feet explores the “how” the whole country got there and why over eight million people left the country.  

The novel is the 2025 PEN/America Bare Life Review Grant Winner.

 This is what the judges said:

It 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…an act of resistance against erasure…more than just a depiction of struggle, insists on being heard, offering a raw and unflinching look in a world where true safety remains elusive.

I’m still looking for a gutsy agent and a publisher (hint, hint, hint).

Read the first chapter of the novel “Escuderos” in River Styx; the name sake chapter, “The Air Beneath Her Feet” in the Write Launch;  and “America with an Accent” in Litro USA.