Jennine Capó Crucet

Jennine Capó Crucet, the first member of her family born in the United States, has made a name for herself over the last decade as a chronicler of the Cuban-American experience. Her debut story collection, How to Leave Hialeah, garnered praise from readers and critics alike. Her first novel, Make Your Home Among Strangers, was named a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, won the International Latino Book Award for Best Latino-themed Fiction in 2016, and was longlisted for the 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Crucet, a professor of English language and literature at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, holds a BA from Cornell University and an MFA from the University of Minnesota. She is a frequent columnist for the New York Times, where she writes, among other things, about her hometown of Miami, her experiences as a first-generation college student, and her Cuban-refugee parents.