garnered critical acclaim and awards for her first two novels.
Then she turned her focus on herself for a memoir about her illegal immigration to the United States as a child, The Distance Between Us. She is now a U.S. citizen, beneficiary of an amnesty program.
The book will be re-released in an edition for younger readers this fall, long after her appearance this weekend at events in Eugene.
She visits with details of her life and her work.
