Revenge and murder define Ximena Godoy\'s story.
Los Angeles plays a major role in many of her novels.".
Graciela was born in Los Angeles, California, where she has resided until recently relocating to Simi Valley, California.
The Life of Ximena Godoy is due to be published in the spring of 2015.
The Los Angeles Times listed her as a notable writer for the year 1993.
Literature: The Luis Leal Literary Award.
She was the recipient of the prestigious award for U.
S.
The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Houston Chronicle and other leading newspapers have reviewed her work, as well as several anthologies.
Her writing has received reviews from Publishers Weekly, library Journals and scholarly journals.
About the Author Graciela Limon is the author of eight widely read novels: In Search of Bernabe, The Memories of Ana Calderon, The Song of the Hummingbird, Day of the Moon, Erased Faces, Left Alive, The River Flows North and The Madness of Mama Carlota.
Her story portrays an ever-changing woman who morphs from sheltered child into a complex, deeply flawed human being, passionate and independent, quick to love unconditionally, but just as ready to cling obsessively to revenge, a flaw that leads her into the murky world of murder and criminal justice.
Never a traditional or conventional woman, Ximena Godoy shatters rules that govern her Mexican heritage, and even those of a wider world.
During that time, she witnesses and participates in an era of revolution, bootlegging, dance halls, as well as evolving rules that determine women\'s lives in both Mexico and America.
Her lifetime spans the first half of the 20th century, a transformative time of revolution, economic depression, uprooting and migration.
Revenge and murder define Ximena Godoy\'s story
