CONGRATULATIONS to award-winning author RUDY RUIZ,
one of the sponsors for Las Comadres’ 2023 Worldwide Comadrazo. 

Rudy’s book, VALLEY OF SHADOWS, has won the Texas Institute of Letters Award for Best Book of Fiction.  

The novel sheds light on the dark past of injustice, isolation, and suffering along the U.S.- Mexico border.

AND! more congratulations are in order as he just sold his next novel, THE BORDER BETWEEN US, to Blackstone Publishing. The book is due out in September 2024.

“It’s wonderful to build momentum with readers and fans of literary fiction,” Rudy Ruiz states. “I’m particularly excited to share this novel with them. I’ve been working on it for the past decade. While fictional, it draws inspiration from my experiences coming of age on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border as well as in the Northeast.”

THE BORDER BETWEEN US is narrated in first person by a character named Ramón Lopez, whom the novel follows from childhood to adulthood. Ramón is a sensitive and gifted child who wholeheartedly embraces the American Dream. Growing up as a first-generation American along the US-Mexico border in the 1970’s and 80’s, he is inspired by his father’s optimistic ambition and tireless drive. But as his family’s prospects are battered by poor decisions and a bad economy, Ramón’s aspirations and ideas lead him in a direction which diverges from that of his family.

Read the press release for the new novel here:  https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rudy-ruizs-border-between-us-130900558.html

Visit Rudy’s website here:  https://rudyruiz.com/

Maria C. Ferrer
Executive Director
Las Comadres Para Las Americas