Sergio Troncoso

Sergio Troncoso
Sergio Troncoso
Born	1961 (age 62–63) El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist short story writer essayist editor
Language	English
Nationality	American
Education	Harvard College (BA) Yale University (MA) Yale University (MPhil)
Period	1990s-present
Genre	Novels, short stories, essays, nonfiction
Subject	literary fiction, philosophy and literature, Mexican-American literature
Notable works	Nobody's Pilgrims, The Last Tortilla and Other Stories, A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son, From This Wicked Patch of Dust, Crossing Borders: Personal Essays, The Nature of Truth
Notable awards	Premio Aztlán Literary Prize; Kay Cattarulla Award for Best Short Story; Fulbright Scholarship; Fellow of the Texas Institute of Letters; Literary Legacy Award; Hispanic Scholarship Fund's Alumni Hall of Fame; Inducted Member of the Texas Institute of Letters; In the Margins Book Awards- Top Ten List; Bronze Award for Anthologies from Independent Publisher Book Awards; Southwest Book Award; Gold Medal for Best Novel-Adventure or Drama from International Latino Book Awards; Gold Medal for Best Collection of Short Stories from International Latino Book Awards; Silver Award for Adult Multicultural Fiction from ForeWord Reviews; Bronze Award for Essays from ForeWord Reviews
Website
www.sergiotroncoso.com

Sergio Troncoso (born 1961) is an American author of short stories, essays and novels. He often writes about the United States-Mexico border, working-class immigrants, families and fatherhood, philosophy in literature, and crossing cultural, psychological, and philosophical borders.