Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez is professor of Latin American literature and chair of Chicano and Latino studies at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. She is also the translator of Lilus Kikus and Other Stories by Elena Poniatowska (UNM Press).

Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez's exceptional book, Josefina Niggli, Mexican-American Writer: A Critical Biography, is a magnificent contribution to the scholarly study of the life and works of the brilliant binational and transnational writer, Josefina Niggli. From poems to short stories and theatrical plays to novels, [Martinez] provides the reader with extensive and detailed biographical data interspersed with key selections of Niggli's lesser known or unpublished writings. Martinez's groundbreaking book will be a fundamental work for any future study undertaken on this Mexican American writer's creative production and on Chicana/o literature in general. - Maria Herrera Sobek, author of Chicano Folklore: A Handbook (2006) and associate vice chancellor at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez is professor of Latin American literature and chair of Chicano and Latino studies at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. She is also the translator of Lilus Kikus and Other Stories by Elena Poniatowska (UNM Press).

Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez's exceptional book, Josefina Niggli, Mexican-American Writer: A Critical Biography, is a magnificent contribution to the scholarly study of the life and works of the brilliant binational and transnational writer, Josefina Niggli. From poems to short stories and theatrical plays to novels, [Martinez] provides the reader with extensive and detailed biographical data interspersed with key selections of Niggli's lesser known or unpublished writings. Martinez's groundbreaking book will be a fundamental work for any future study undertaken on this Mexican American writer's creative production and on Chicana/o literature in general. - Maria Herrera Sobek, author of Chicano Folklore: A Handbook (2006) and associate vice chancellor at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez is professor of Latin American literature and chair of Chicano and Latino studies at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. She is also the translator of Lilus Kikus and Other Stories by Elena Poniatowska (UNM Press).

Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez's exceptional book, Josefina Niggli, Mexican-American Writer: A Critical Biography, is a magnificent contribution to the scholarly study of the life and works of the brilliant binational and transnational writer, Josefina Niggli. From poems to short stories and theatrical plays to novels, [Martinez] provides the reader with extensive and detailed biographical data interspersed with key selections of Niggli's lesser known or unpublished writings. Martinez's groundbreaking book will be a fundamental work for any future study undertaken on this Mexican American writer's creative production and on Chicana/o literature in general. - Maria Herrera Sobek, author of Chicano Folklore: A Handbook (2006) and associate vice chancellor at the University of California, Santa Barbara