| P. J. Sáinz |
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P. J. Sáinz is a bilingual journalist and fiction writer in the San Diego-Tijuana border region. He writes for several publications, including The San Diego Union-Tribune and its Spanish-language weekly, Enlace, where he covers Latino arts and entertainment. His first young adult novel, “Mica chueca. Novela en cuentos para la plebada inmigrante” was published this summer by Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro, a publishing house for emerging Mexican writers. This Fall, the Centro Cultural Tijuana (Cecut) will publish his nonfiction collection on Mexican regional music, “Crónicas chúntaras. La música de la plebada.” In 2007, Calaca Press published his fiction chapbook, “Conjunto norteño. Relatos para la plebada.”
P. J. Sáinz es un periodista y narrador bilingüe en la región fronteriza de San Diego-Tijuana. Escribe para varios periódicos, incluyendo The San Diego Union-Tribune y su semanario en español, Enlace, donde cubre arte y entretenimiento latino. Su primera novela para jóvenes, “Mica chueca. Novela en cuentos para la plebada inmigrante”, fue publicada este verano por el Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro, un programa cultural para jóvenes escritores mexicanos. Este otoño, el Centro Cultural Tijuana (Cecut) publicará su colección sobre música regional mexicana, “Crónicas chúntaras. La música de la plebada”. En el 2007, Calaca Press publicó su colección de cuentos, “Conjunto norteño. Relatos para la plebada”. Recientemente recibió una beca del programa Jóvenes Creadores del Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, el equivalente mexicano al National Endowment for the Arts. |
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| Ying Chang Compestine |
Award winning author and dynamic public speaker, Ying is the author of many children's books, cookbooks and a novel. Ying has been featured on many national television programs and she has been profiled in national magazines and newspapers. Ying has visited schools throughout the US and abroad, sharing with students her journey as a writer, how her life in China inspired her writing, and the challenges of writing in her second language. Ying is the spokesperson for Nestle Maggi and Celestial Seasonings and a regular contributor to the national magazines Cooking Light, Ski, EatingWell, Self, Men's Health, and Delicious Living and Diablo. She was the food editor for Body & Soul, a Martha Stewart magazine that focuses on healthy living. Ying has lectured on a variety of subjects at writer's conferences and universities, aboard cruise ships, on television and radio programs, and for numerous other organizations. Courtesy http://www.yingc.com |
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