Bio

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Rodolfo Alvarado is an American writer living in Michigan with his wife, children and his adopted cat, Stuffy. He is an eclectic writer whose fiction and non-fiction have appeared in literary journals, academic and popular presses, as well as on stage and film. Junior's Dream is the first of two novellas for middle- and young adult readers to be published in 2020 by Arte Público's Pinata Books.  He was recently named an Emerging Latino Author (in fiction) by The Latino Book Review and his screenplays, Undesirable and  ¡Viva, La Click-ka!, were named semi-finalist in the 2020 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards competition. Undesirable was also named an Official Selection and a finalist in the Script Summit Screenplay Awards. His fictional work has been published by The Americas Review, El Central, El Editor, The Texas Observer, Texas A&M University Press, Caballo Press and Somos en escrito: The Latino Literary Online Magazine. His first children’s book, Perla Garcia and the Mystery of La Llorona, received starred reviews from Kirkus and Forward Reviews. The book won the Pinnacle Book Award for Best Latino Children’s Book and was named a Latino Book of the Year by the Latina Book Club. The piece was also selected by The American Reading Company as an educational component for teaching English and Spanish. 
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Rodolfo holds a Fine Arts Ph.D. and an MFA in Playwriting from Texas Tech University, as well as an MA in History from Eastern Michigan University, where he was a University Fellow and a Parks/King/Chavez Fellow. He has taught at the University of Michigan, Texas Tech University, Ave Maria University and Eastern Michigan University. His academic works have been published by the University of Michigan Press, Michigan State University Press, and Alpha Books of New York to name but a few. In the corporate world, he has worked for the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village and the Ford Motor Company.