A Fire in the Earth (ePub)

MARCOS MCPEEK VILLATORO, a poet and novelist, is the author of a series of novels featuring detective Romilia Chacón: Home Killings (Arte Público Press, 2001), the first, was named a Best Book of 2001 by the Los Angeles Times Book Review; Minos: A Romilia Chacón Mystery (Justin, Charles & Co., 2003) and A Venom Beneath the Skin (Justin, Charles & Co., 2005) followed. His other works include The Holy Spirit of My Uncle's Cojones (Arte Público Press, 1999); a finalist in the Independent Publisher Book Award 2000, They Say that I Am Two (Arte Público Press, 1997); a highly-praised book of poetry, A Fire in the Earth (Arte Público Press, 1996); a historical novel set in El Salvador; and a non-fiction work, Walking toward La Milpa: Living in Guatemala with Armies, Demons, Abrazos and Death (Moyer/Bell Publishing, 1996). McPeek Villatoro's short stories, both in English and Spanish, appear in literary magazines, such as Brownbag Press, Crossworlds and Latino Stuff Review, and he also writes feature articles for diverse magazines. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1985 with a master's degree in English Literature. A regular commentator for NPR, McPeek Villatoro, The Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair in Creative Writing at Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles, lives in Van Nuys with his wife and four children.

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