Alma Garcia

Alma García (born 1970) is an American short story writer.

Life

Alma Garcia grew up in West Texas, and has lived most of her life in New Mexico. She graduated from the University of Arizona with an MFA, and afterward worked at the Secret Garden Bookshop in Ballard, Washington. She lives with her husband, Mike De Lilla, a civil engineer, in Seattle, where she plays violin and sings in a folk-rock band, Landlord's Daughter.

Her work has appeared in Narrative Magazine, Passages North, and Boulevard.

Awards

• 2007 Narrative Prize
• 2007 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award
• 2004 Dana Award in Short Fiction
• Jack Straw Writers Program

• http://www.narrativemagazine.com/authors/alma-garc%C3%AD
• http://www.ronajaffefoundation.org/2007_winners.html
• http://diverseeducation.com/article/10529/latina-wins-2007-rona-jaffe-award.html
• http://www.jackstraw.org/programs/writers/WritersForum/index.html

Works

• "Letter to El Mateo". Narrative Magazine. Winter 2007. 
• "The Great Beyond". Narrative Magazine. Winter 2005. 
• Shallow Waters