| Laurel Corona |
 Award-winning author Laurel Corona’s latest work, The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi’s Venice, is only in its sixth month of publication, but is already in its second printing and has been translated into French, German, and Spanish.
Her highly acclaimed The Four Seasons won the Book of the Year award at the 15th Annual San Diego Book and Writing Awards in May, 2009.
In addition, a previous work, Until Our Last Breath: A Holocaust Story of Love and Partisan Resistance (St. Martin's Press), has recently received a 2009 Christopher Award.
The Christopher Award is given to writers who “craft words and images into a clear, cohesive vision” and “affirm the highest values of the human spirit.”
Until Our Last Breath is a study of the Jewish resistance movement in Nazi-occupied Lithuania.
"Corona shines when showing musicians at work," Publishers Weekly says. Booklist praises it as a "charming, exquisite, and poetic" depiction of "the dazzling light of Venice and…two orphaned sisters full of ambition, heart, and steadfast love."
Corona began her career as a published author in 1999 with a book on Kenya for Lucent Books and went on to write 17 young adult titles for that company before turning her attention to books for adults.
The author has combined her love of writing and teaching for more than three decades. A professor of English and Humanities at San Diego City College, she has taught in the San Diego area for over 30 years.
For more about Corona, see http://www.laurelcorona.com.
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| Michael Ornelas |
Michael Ornelas is the chairperson and professor of Chicano Studies at Mesa College. His book, The Sons of Guadalupe is a product of his research that began in 2006. The book features a unique first-voice analysis of the experiences of the Vietnam generation from his hometown of Guadalupe, California. It takes a historical approach which includes the Vietnam veteran generation during their youth, their experiences in the local schools, their pre- and post-war experiences. Their testimonials reveal the struggles of their early lives in small-town agricultural California and the trauma of the Vietnam War that severely disrupted their lives and continues to haunt their peace. All of the funds generated through the sale of the book, as well as author's fees and royalties and graphic design fees donated to the Sons of Guadalupe Association, a Guadalupe Vietnam veteran organization dedicated to funding charitable causes in the area. Ornelas is currently exploring a documentary film treatment of the book through Latino Public Broadcasting with local filmmaker Isaac Artenstein of Cinewest Productions. Ornelas graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara with undergraduate and graduate degrees in history. He has been a professor of Chicano Studies since 1976. This is his third book. |
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