Her third novel, Dominicana (2019), which she published with Flatiron Books, received widespread acclaim. Career Ĭruz has written numerous books focusing on themes of home, gender, race, displacement, and working class life.Ĭruz published her first novel Soledad in 2001 and her second novel, Let It Rain Coffee in 2005, both with Simon & Schuster. in English from SUNY Binghamton and an MFA in creative writing from New York University. She attended LaGuardia School of the Arts and the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she studied fashion design. Ĭruz attended Catholic school through eighth grade and grew interested in visual arts in high school. She is of Dominican descent, and regularly travelled from New York City to the Dominican Republic as a child. Early life and education Ĭruz was born on February 24, 1972, in Washington Heights, New York City. Home, gender, race, displacement, and working class lifeĪngie Cruz (born February 24, 1972) is an American novelist and associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh, where she teaches in the M.F.A. Washington Heights, New York City, New York, U.S.
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