Oscar Hijuelos

About The Author

Oscar Hijuelos was one of America’s finest novelists of the late 20th century. He was the first American of Latino ethnicity, specifically Cuban-American, to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his beloved novel, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. Among his other works is his acclaimed Mr. Ives’ Christmas, which reveals his Christian faith in the tradition of Catholicism.

Books by Oscar Hijuelos

A Writing Marriage

With Excerpts from Blue Antiquity

A uniquely styled memoir that blends fiction and nonfiction to illuminate the love, faith, and artistry of two American writers.
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