Alejandro Morales

Alejandro Morales is a professor of Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine, and has published seven novels and three novellas. Morales received the 2007 Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature. The Award organizer said of Morales, "he is a true pioneer in Chicano literature and one of the most outstanding, powerful, and innovative writers on the Chicano experience."