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229 About the Author Sergio Troncoso was born in El Paso, Texas, and now lives in New York City. After graduating from Harvard College, he was a Fulbright Scholar to Mexico and studied international relations and philosophy at Yale University. Troncoso’s stories have been featured in many anthologies, including Camino del Sol: Fifteen Years of Latina and Latino Writing (University of Arizona Press), Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature (Pearson Longman Publishing), Once Upon a Cuento (Curbstone Press), Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of TexasMexican Literature (University of New Mexico Press), City Wilds: Essays and Stories about Urban Nature (University of Georgia Press), and New World: Young Latino Writers (Dell Publishing). His work has also appeared in Encyclopedia Latina, Newsday, the El Paso Times, Pembroke Magazine, Hadassah Magazine, Other Voices, and many other newspapers and magazines. His book of short stories The Last Tortilla and Other Stories (University of Arizona Press, 1999) won the Premio Aztlán for the best book by a new Mexican-American writer and the Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association. His novel The Nature of Truth (Northwestern University Press, 2003) is about a Yale research student who discovers that his boss, a renowned professor, hides a Nazi past. His award-winning website is at www.SergioTroncoso.com. He writes the blog www.ChicoLingo.com about writing, politics, and finance. ...

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