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David Bowles

Biography

David Bowles

David Bowles resides in the Río Grande Valley of south Texas with his wife and children. In 2016, his YA fantasy novel THE SMOKING MIRROR was selected as a Pura Belpré Honor Book by the American Library Association, and his collection of Mesoamerican verse FLOWER, SONG, DANCE: AZTEC AND MAYAN POETRY won the 2014 Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translation. Bowles is author of several other books, including BORDER LORE, SHATTERING AND BRICOLAGE, MEXICAN BESTIARY, and THE SEED.

David Bowles