Jennine Capo Crucet

Jennine Capó Crucet is the author of four books, including the novel Make Your Home Among Strangers , which won the International Latino Book Award and was cited as a best book of the year by NBC Latino, The Guardian , The Miami Herald , and others; the story collection How to Leave Hialeah , which won the Iowa Short Fiction Prize and the John Gardner Book Award; and the essay collection My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education , which was long-listed for the PEN/Open Book...See more

Jennine Capó Crucet is the author of four books, including the novel Make Your Home Among Strangers , which won the International Latino Book Award and was cited as a best book of the year by NBC Latino, The Guardian , The Miami Herald , and others; the story collection How to Leave Hialeah , which won the Iowa Short Fiction Prize and the John Gardner Book Award; and the essay collection My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education , which was long-listed for the PEN/Open Book Award. A former contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, she's a recipient of a PEN/O. Henry Prize and the Hillsdale Award for the Short Story, awarded by the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Her writing has appeared on PBS NewsHour , National Public Radio, and in publications such as The Atlantic , Condé Nast Traveler , and others . She's worked as a professor of ethnic studies and of creative writing, as a college access counselor for the One Voice Scholars Program, and as a sketch comedienne (though not all at the same time). Born and raised in Miami to Cuban parents, she lives in North Carolina with her family. See less