Sergio Troncoso is the author of eight books: NOBODY'S PILGRIMS, A PECULIAR KIND OF IMMIGRANT'S SON, THE LAST TORTILLA AND OTHER STORIES, CROSSING BORDERS: PERSONAL ESSAYS, THE NATURE OF TRUTH and FROM THIS WICKED PATCH OF DUST; and as editor, NEPANTLA FAMILIAS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF MEXICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE ON FAMILIES IN BETWEEN WORLDS and OUR LOST BORDER: ESSAYS ON LIFE AMID THE NARCO-VIOLENCE.Among the numerous awards he has won are the Premio Aztlan Literary Prize, Kay Cattarulla Award for Best Short Story, International Latino Book Award for Best Short Story Collection, Southwest Book Award, Bronze Award for Essays from ForeWord Reviews, and the Silver and Bronze Awards for Adult Multicultural Fiction from ForeWord Reviews.For many years, Troncoso has taught at the Yale Writers' Workshop in New Haven, Connecticut. A past president of the Texas Institute of Letters, he has also served as a judge for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the New Letters Literary Awards in the Essay category. His work has appeared in Texas Highways, Houston Chronicle, New Letters, Yale Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Texas Monthly. Troncoso's literary papers are archived at The Wittliff Collections in San Marcos, Texas.Nobody's Pilgrims:"Eloquent, bold, and terrifying."-Elizabeth Crook, author of The Which Way TreeNepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in between Worlds:"A deeply meaningful collection that navigates important nuances of identity."
-Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewA Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son:"This is his most powerful work yet."
-The Texas ObserverFrom This Wicked Patch of Dust:"The prose is powerful...a captivating read."-Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewCrossing Borders: Personal Essays:"We owe it to ourselves to read, savor and read them again."-The El Paso Times