Llanos-Figueroa, Dahlma: - Dahlma Llanos-figueroa was born in Puerto Rico.
She lives in New York City..
Bingham Prize, and her short stories have been published in anthologies and literary magazines such as Breaking Ground: Anthology of Puerto Rican Women Writers in New York 1980-2012, Growing Up Girl, Afro-Hispanic Review, Pleaides, Latino Book Review, Label Me Latina/o and Kweli Journal.
Her first novel, Daughters of the Stone, was a Finalist for the PEN/Robert W.
Llanos-figueroa taught creative writing, language and literature in the New York City school system before becoming a young-adult librarian and writer.
Much of her work is based on her experiences during this time.
As a child she was sent to live with her grandparents in the South Bronx, where she was introduced to the culture of rural Puerto Rico, including the storytelling skills that came naturally to the women, especially the older women, in her family.
Llanos-Figueroa, Dahlma: - Dahlma Llanos-figueroa was born in Puerto Rico
