Juan Martinez
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D. University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- juan.martinez@northwestern.edu
- Website
- 847-467-4677
- University Hall 403
- Office Hours: TBA
Biography
Juan Martinez (PhD, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2011) is a fiction writer. He was born in Bucaramanga, Colombia, and has since lived in Orlando, Florida, and Las Vegas, Nevada. His work has appeared in various literary journals and anthologies, including Glimmer Train, McSweeney's, TriQuarterly, Conjunctions, National Public Radio's Selected Shorts, Norton's Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America, and The Perpetual Engine of Hope: Stories Inspired by Iconic Vegas Photographs.
Specializations
Creative Writing, Latina & Latino Literature
Books
Best Worst American: Stories (Small Beer Press, 2017)