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Luis Alberto Urrea is the author of 18 books of fiction, poetry and nonfiction. He's a Pulitzer finalist, a Guggenheim Fellow, has won an Edgar, an American Book Award and is an inaugural fellow for the Borchard Foundation. His most recent book is The House of Broken Angels, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and NYTimes Notable Book.