Eventually, Inevitably, My Writing Life in Verse

Saldaña’s autobiography in verse charts his parents’ immigration to the United States and his own path, rising from modest means in South Texas to a life in literature and teaching.

RENÉ SALDAÑA, JR. is the author of the bilingual Mickey Rangel Mystery series for kids, Dancing with the Devil and Other Tales from Beyond / Bailando con el Diablo y otros cuentos del más allá (Piñata Books, 2012), The Whole Sky Full of Stars (Random House, 2007), Finding Our Way: Stories (Random House, 2003) and The Jumping Tree (Delacorte, 2001). He lives in Lubbock, Texas, where he teaches in the College of Education at Texas Tech University.