Welcome

Kathleen in park near Rio, courtesy Claire Joysmith

Welcome to my website! If you have questions about my books or writing in general, I would be happy to answer them.

See "Events" for upcoming appearances.

You can also find me, my friends, and lots of photos on Facebook. If you friend me there, let me know that you are interested in writing.

Island Treasure
Think Outloud with Emily Harris
Facebook me
Tales of Terror on Weekend America
Seattle Woman Magazine
The Seattle Times
Publishers Weekly
Signed and collectible editions of my books y libros en español

Selected Works

Creative Nonfiction
The Desert Remembers My Name
Essays on Family and Writing

“The Desert Remembers My Name makes an important contribution to discussions of ethnicity, identity, and the literature of place.”
–Bloomsbury Review
Fiction
Treasures in Heaven
"...a mesmerizing tale... the author explores the fascinating confusions and contradictions plaguing a culture precariously poised between tradition and modernization."
–Booklist
The Flower in the Skull
"She never forgot the power of storytelling as testimony."
–The Utne Reader
Spirits of the Ordinary
"Kathleen Alcalá's Spirits of the Ordinary is an enthralling book..."
–Paul Yamazaki, City Lights Books

"This book entered my dreams."
–Alberto Rios
Short Fiction
Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist
"Thoroughly satisfying."
–The New York Times Book Review

"By turns touching, entertaining, and surprising, and uniquely her own."
–Publishers Weekly

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