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sandra rodriguez barron

Sandra Rodriguez Barron was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico and has lived in the Dominican Republic and El Salvador. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Florida International University. She is the recipient of a Bread Loaf Fellowship, a National Association for Latino Arts and Culture artist grant, and a Greater Hartford Arts Council Solo Writers Fellowship. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and son.

"Sandra Rodriguez Barron's exuberant prose yields an immensely entertaining reading experience. You are fraught with the certainty that she is a gatekeeper of the secrets of the sea." --Isabel Allende, best-selling author of Zorro, Daughter of Fortune and The Island Beneath the Sea

Hartford Courant interview

Stay with Me
December 2010, HarperCollins Publishers

"Latina's 5 Best Books of 2010"

"This story about the meaning of family and history follows five adults with mysterious pasts. When five toddlers are found in a luxury boat docked in Puerto Rico after a devastating hurricane, no one knows where they come from or who they are. When one of them is diagnosed with brain cancer, his determination to find out where they all came from may wind up destroying their life-long bond."

LATINA Magazine

Now available in large print

e-book for various devices

The Heiress of Water
September 2006, Rayo/HarperCollinsPublishers

Winner of the 2007 International Latino Book Award
for "Best First Book" (Fiction Category)
- A Borders "Original Voices" Selection
- Book Sense Notable Selection (American Booksellers Association)
- A Criticas/Publisher's Weekly 2008 "Top Pick for Hispanic Heritage Month"

Translations:

La Heredera del Mar
Rayo/HarperCollins, June 2008 (paperback original)

Die Wassertanzerin
Hardcover by Weltbilt, May 2008

Paperback by Fischer, September 2008