MORALES SELECTED AS FINALIST FOR 2011 INDIANA AUTHORS AWARD.
Aaron Michael Morales was recently named a finalist for the 2011 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award in the Emerging Author Category. Results will be announced at the awards banquet in Indianapolis, on October 28th. Check back for results, or visit the Indiana Authors Award website at IndianaAuthorsAward.org.
EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT OF MORALES'S NEXT NOVEL, EAT YOUR CHILDREN, FEATURED IN THE NEWEST ISSUE OF PANK.
Aaron Michael Morales's nearly complete second novel, Eat Your Children, is excerpted in the latest is of PANK. The issue features literary crime writing and was hailed as "a virtuosic display of voice" by the Crime Issue's editor, Brad Green. Read the excerpt and the many other great writers featured in the latest Crime Issue of PANK Magazine
MORALES HONORED AMONG TOP DEBUT AUTHORS FOR 2010.
Aaron Michael Morales was recently named a "Top Ten New Latino Author to Watch (and Read) by LatinoStories.com. Drowning Tucson was also chosen as a Top Five Novel for 2010 by Latina Magazine, and also named the "Best Debut of 2010" by the Latinidad List.
MORALES IN CONVERSATION WITH NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S RIGOBERTO GONZÁLEZ.
Aaron Michael Morales was recently interviewed by award-winning author and National Book Critics Circle Board Member, Rigoberto González, to discuss his debut novel Drowning Tucson. The interview, posted on the NBCC blog, Critical Mass, can be read here.
DROWNING TUCSON CHOSEN BY POETS & WRITERS AS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE FICTION DEBUTS FOR 2010.
Morales's debut novel, Drowning Tucson, was recently featured in Poets & Writers "First Fiction Annual" review of debut fiction writers. The magazine chose Drowning Tucson--and the four other books--as the best fiction debuts for 2010. In the accompanying story, Poets & Writers states that the five authors were chosen for being "innovators who push the boundaries of their genres." Read the entire story and the feature on Drowning Tucson here.
MORALES FEATURED IN ILLIANA ARTS COUNCIL'S SPECTRUM MAGAZINE.
In the newest issue of Spectrum, the Illiana Arts Council does a book review/interview featuring Aaron Michael Morales's life and work. Read the entire story here.
MORALES ON TOUR IN 2011.
Aaron Michael Morales will be making several appearances all over the country in 2011: in bookstores, in bars, at literary festivals, and other assorted places. Be sure to check the "Events" section of the site to find an upcoming appearance near you, or sign up for the newsletter.
NEW SHORT STORIES RELEASED:
Morales's latest story--titled "Suicide Fish"--has been released in MAKE Magazine's issue #10, which is now available through their website.
Morales has another newly released story--titled "Cutting Out the Middleman"--released in Quercus Review's 10th Anniversary issue, as part of the "Without Camels: a Caravan of Latino Writing" special feature of the issue.
RANDOM FUN STUFF: My Book The Movie, a film and lit website, recently invited Morales to nominate a cast for a hypothetical film adaptation of his novel, Drowning Tucson. See the result here. Largeheartedboy.com, a music and lit website, recently invited Morales to make a soundtrack for his novel, Drowning Tucson. See the result here. Morales shortlisted in Pushcart Prize Stories XXXII, Nominated for Pushcart XXXIII Morales’s short story, “Torchy’s,” first published in Another Chicago Magazine, was nominated for a 2008 Pushcart Prize. It was given an honorable mention and listed in the “Special Mention” section volume XXXII. Morales’s short stories, “Flashflood” and "The Lamentable Inauguration of the Honorary Alejandro Santiago Freeway" were nominated for a 2009 Pushcart Prize.