<div><div><div><b>Cecile Pineda</b> is the author of several novels, including <i>Face</i>, <i>Fishlight: A Dream of Childhood</i>, and <i>Love Queen of the Amazon</i>. Her novel <i>Face</i> was nominated for the American Book Award for first fiction. She lives in Oakland, California.</div></div></div>
Juan Bruce-Novoa (1944–2010) was Professor of Latin American and U.S. Chicano/Latino Literatures and Cultures, Film Studies, and Critical Theory at the University of California, Irvine.