Texas

Carmen Boullosa is one of Mexico's leading novelists, poets, and playwrights. She has published over a dozen novels, several of which have been published by Deep Vellum in English translation. Boullosa has received numerous prizes and honors, including a Guggenheim fellowship. Also a poet, playwright, essayist, and cultural critic, Boullosa is a Distinguished Lecturer at City College of New York, and her books have been translated into Italian, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese, Chinese, and Russian. Other novels translated into English include Before (tr. Peter Bush, Deep Vellum, 2016), Heavens On Earth (tr. Shelby Vincent, Deep Vellum, 2017), The Book of Anna (tr. Samantha Schnee, Coffee House Press, 2020) and The Book of Eve (tr. Samantha Schnee, Deep Vellum, 2023).Samantha Schnee is the founding editor of Words Without Borders. Her translation of Boullosa's Texas: The Great Theft was shortlisted for the PEN America Translation Prize. She lives in Houston, Texas.

“Carmen Boullosa’s historical fiction Texas: the Great Theft, is a sprawling tale of nineteenth-century land theft in South Texas that features more than two hundred characters, not all of them human. Cacophonous, gossipy, and action-packed.” —The New Yorker“A rollicking, righteous epic.”—Bookforum"A thrilling tale of adventurous outlaws full of bizarre historical characters and plenty of fast-paced action. This 10th anniversary edition is more relevant than ever." —CrimeReads