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Mario Vargas Llosa
Nicholas Clayton, Librarian, Multilingual Collections, April 18, 2025

Mario Vargas Llosa nació el 28 de marzo de 1936 en Arequipa, Perú y falleció en Lima el 13 de abril a los 89 años de edad. Durante su vida, vivió en varios países como Perú, Bolivia, España, y Francia. Ganó el premio Príncipe de Asturias en 1986 y también el premio Nobel de Literatura en 2010. Autor de más de 50 obras de literatura incluidos Conversación en la catedral, Cartas a...

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Author J.M. Miro and and his debut novel, Ordinary Monsters

Interview With an Author: J.M. Miro

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, September 1, 2022

J.M. Miro lives and writes in the Pacific Northwest.


Author David Bowles and his books, Clockwork Curandera and Tales of the Feathered Serpent

L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With David Bowles

Llyr Heller, Senior Librarian, Acquisitions, Tuesday, August 30, 2022

David Bowles is a Mexican American author and translator from south Texas, where he teaches at the University of Texas Río Grande Valley. He has written over two dozen award-winning titles, most notably They Call Me Güero and My Two Border Towns.


Illustrator and writer Mirelle Ortega and her book, Love Sugar Magic

L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Mirelle Ortega

Llyr Heller, Senior Librarian, Acquisitions, Friday, August 26, 2022

Mirelle Ortega is a Mexican illustrator and writer for kidlit and Animation based in Los Angeles, CA.


Author Luivette Resto and her latest poetry book, Living on Islands Not Found on Maps

Interview With an Author: Luivette Resto

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, August 25, 2022

Luivette Resto attended Cornell University, where she earned her BA in English Literature and a minor in U.S. Latinx history.


Author Liz Michalski and her latest novel, Darling Girl

Interview With an Author: Liz Michalski

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, August 18, 2022

A former reporter and editor, Liz Michalski now crafts articles on human interest, living, and health as a freelance writer.


Photos of the North Hollywood library (top left) Circulation desk [1954] Valley Times Collection. (bottom left) Library exterior [1946]

Dig Los Angeles: North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library

Tiffney Sanford, Librarian, North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Branch Library, Wednesday, August 17, 2022

With locations all over the city and lots of books and other materials devoted to local history, libraries are a perfect springboard for exploring Los Angeles. This is the third in a series of blog posts that digs into local history near a Los Angeles Public Library branch.


El Paso skyline and mountains

Eminent El Pasoans

Daniel Tures, Adult Librarian, Edendale Branch Library, Monday, August 15, 2022

I grew up in El Paso in the 1970s and 80s, a city that wraps around the Franklin Mountains out on the tip of west Texas, adjoining Ciudad Juárez across the Rio Grande in Chihuahua and a short drive from New Mexico to the north.


Author Donna Barba Higuera and her books - Lupe Wong Won't Dance, The Last Cuentista and El Cucuy is Scared Too!

L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Donna Barba Higuera

Llyr Heller, Senior Librarian, Acquisitions, Friday, August 12, 2022

Donna Barba Higuera grew up in a tiny desert town in central California surrounded by agricultural and oil fields. Rather than wrangling dust devils, she’d spend recess squirreled away in the janitor’s closet with a good book.


Author B.L. Blanchard and her debut novel, The Peacekeeper

Interview With an Author: B.L. Blanchard

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, August 11, 2022

B.L. Blanchard is a graduate of the UC Davis creative writing honors program and was a writing fellow at Boston University School of Law. She is a lawyer and enrolled member of the Sault Ste.


Vin Scully, circa 1955, at Ebbets Field

Vincent Edward Scully, 1927-2022

Bob Timmermann, Senior Librarian, History & Genealogy Department, Tuesday, August 9, 2022

The recent passing of Vin Scully has resulted in innumerable obituaries, most of which will be far more eloquent than what this one will be. For someone who held the same job for 67 straight years, 59 of them in the same city, you tend to have a well-known reputation.


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