Latino Heritage Month - Writing A Life

ESMERALDA SANTIAGO's first book was the memoir When I was Puerto Rican. Her first novel, America's Dream, has been published in six languages. Her second memoir, Almost a Woman, was adapted into a film for Exxon Mobil Masterpiece Theatre. With Jole Davidow, Ms. Santiago is coeditor of the anthologies, Las Christmas: Favorite Latino Authors Share Their Holiday Memories and Las Mamis: Favorite Latino Authors Remember their Mothers both published by Knopf.