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  Alex Espinoza

Alex Espinoza was born in Tijuana, Mexico and raised in suburban Los Angeles. He worked as a used appliance salesman, a cashier and egg candler on a chicken ranch, and a retail manager while pursuing his BA in Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside. He went on to earn his MFA in Writing from the University of California, Irvine, and served as editor of their literary journal, Faultline. His first novel, Still Water Saints, (Random House, 2007) which has been released simultaneously in Spanish, has been named a Barnes and Noble "Discover Great New Writer" selection for spring, 2007. His essays have appeared in Salon and the New York Times. An Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at California State University, Fresno, Alex is currently at work on his next novel.