About Estella González

Estella González is the author of the award-winning books:  Chola Salvation (Arte Público Press 2021) and Huizache Women (Arte Público Press 2023).

 

Her stories and poetry have also been published by Kweli Journal, Huizache, Asteri(x) Journal, Acentos Review, and other literary journals. Her work appears in the following anthologies:  Sing the Truth: A Kweli Journal Short Story Collection; Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women; A Night of Screams:  Latino Horror Stories; What They Leave Behind:  A Latinx Anthology; Nasty Women Poets:  An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse and Latinos in Lotusland:  An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature. 

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Her stories have garnered various awards and distinctions including Cornell University's Philip Freund Prize in Creative Writing, gold medals for International Latino Book Awards, a Pushcart Prize “Special Mention” and a “Reading Notable” for The Best American Non-Required Reading. Her novel, Huizache Women, won a New Mexico-Arizona Book Award and was selected by the Texas Institute of Letters as a finalist for the James H. Jones Best Book of Fiction.  Her short story manuscripts have also been finalists for the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize and the James D. Houston Award for Western Literature. 

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Estella is a first-gen Chicana born and raised in East Los Angeles. She received her B.A. in English from Northwestern University and her MFA in fiction from Cornell University. She lives in Tucson with her husband and two cats.