Carmen Tafolla

Carmen Tafolla is a professor and a writer in residence for Children's, Youth & Transformative Literature at the University of Texas–San Antonio. She is the author of more than 20 books, including Curandera, The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans, Rebozos, Sonnets and Salsa, and Tamales, Comadres, and the Meaning of Civilization, and the recipient of numerous literary honors, including the Américas Award, the Art of Peace Award, the Charlotte Zolotow Award, two Tomás Rivera Mexican–American Book Awards, and two International Latino Book Awards. She is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters and was named the first poet laureate of San Antonio. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.