Eduardo Santiago
Eduardo Santiago was born in Cuba and grew up in Los Angeles and Miami. He holds a BFA from the California Institute of the Arts and an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University.
He is a two-time PEN Emerging Voices Fellow (2004 and 2010). His first novel
Tomorrow They Will Kiss
(Little Brown and Co.), took Best Historical Novel and Best First Book honors at the International Latino Book Awards and was a finalist for the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction. His second novel,
Midnight Rumba
, was published in 2012. His shorter works of fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Advocate, zyzzzyva, Out Traveler, One For The Table, The Platte Valley Review and many other prominent publications.
Mr. Santiago teaches creative writing for UCLA Extension and is the founder and curator of the Idyllwild Authors Series.
“Some of the girls in the factory say that I have ice water in my veins. That I don't have feelings. That there's a calculator where my heart ought to be. A calculator! I shit on them. Por Dios! I consider myself practical, sensible, and realistic. That's the way I am, and if you don't like it, don't come around. Don't come crying to me.”