Reyna Grande — Contemporary Writers Series

Presented by the Contemporary Writers Series through the Creative Writing and Literature program at the Mills College campus of Northeastern University. 

This event is free and open to the public.

Reyna Grande is the author of the bestselling memoir, The Distance Between Us, (Atria, 2012) where she writes about her life before and after she arrived in the United States from Mexico as an undocumented child immigrant. The much-anticipated sequel, A Dream Called Home (Atria), was released in 2018. Her other works include the novels, Across a Hundred Mountains, (Atria, 2006) Dancing with Butterflies (Washington Square Press, 2009), and A Ballad of Love and Glory (Atria, 2022). She also co-edited the anthology Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings (HarperCollins, 2022). Reyna has received an American Book Award, the El Premio Aztlán Literary Award, and the International Latino Book Award. The young reader’s version of The Distance Between Us received an International Literacy Association Children’s Book Award in 2017. Reyna’s work has appeared in The New York Times, CNN, The Lily at The Washington Post, The Dallas Morning News, and more. She has appeared on Oprah’s Book Club television special and is a member of Voices of Our Nations Arts (VONA) and the Macondo Writer’s Workshop, where she has also served as faculty. Visit ReynaGrande.com for more information.