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Luis Alberto Urrea

Biography

Luis Alberto Urrea

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his landmark work of nonfiction THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY, now in its 34th paperback printing, Luis Alberto Urrea is the author of numerous other works of nonfiction, poetry and fiction, including the national bestsellers THE HUMMINGBIRD'S DAUGHTER, GOOD NIGHT, IRENE and THE HOUSE OF BROKEN ANGELS, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. A recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, among many other honors, he lives outside Chicago and teaches at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Books by Luis Alberto Urrea

by Luis Alberto Urrea - Fiction, Historical Fiction

This New York Times bestselling novel tells an exhilarating World War II epic that chronicles an extraordinary young woman’s heroic frontline service in the Red Cross.