Jennine Capo Crucet

JENNINE CAPA CRUCET is the author
of four books, including the novel Make Your
Home Among Strangers, which won the
International Latino Book Award and was
named a New York Times Editors' Choice
book, and the multiple award-winning story
collection How to Leave Hialeah. Her essay
collection My Time Among the Whites: Notes
from an Unfi nished Education, based on her
columns in the New York Times, was longlisted
for the PEN Open Book Award. She is a
PEN/O. Henry Prize winner, and her writing
has appeared on PBS NewsHour, NPR, and in
The Atlantic, among other publications. Born
and raised in Miami to Cuban parents, she
now lives in North Carolina with her family.