Biography I was born to a large Mexican-American family in Los Angeles in 1939. Like many women of my time, I married, had two children, and divorced a dozen years later. After I completed my Ph.D. at UCLA, Florida State University hired me to teach 18th century British literature. Gradually I drifted toward teaching in the creative writing program and helping to found a women’s studies program. In time I was awarded an endowed professorship, served as associate chair of the English department, and am now retired as professor emerita. My earliest novel, Faultline, has been called the first to feature an out lesbian Chicana protagonist. Published in 1980 by Naiad Press, Faultline was a small press best seller and has been translated into German and Spanish. I have published six novels, a memoir, and a volume of poetry and am now at work on a new novel. Novel form appeals to me because of its preoccupation with time, change, family, identity, and perception. Historically, too, novels have invited experimentation and the crossing of boundaries. I like to think of myself as a Gloria Anzaldua new mestiza. I am a Chicana lesbian writer, crossing social and artistic borders. Please go to my "Works" page where you can read about my books and order them on-line by clicking on covers or titles. Best wishes, Sheila |
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