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Valeria Luiselli

Valeria Luiselli

Keynote Speaker: Award-Winning Mexican Author Known for "Faces in the Crowd"

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Valeria Luiselli Biography

Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City and grew up in South Korea, South Africa and India. An acclaimed writer of both fiction and nonfiction, she is the author of "Sidewalks," "Faces in the Crowd," "The Story of My Teeth," "Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions" and "Lost Children Archive."

She is the recipient of a 2019 MacArthur Fellowship and the winner of DUBLIN Literary Award, two Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, The Carnegie Medal, an American Book Award, and has been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Kirkus Prize, and the Booker Prize. She has been a National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" honoree and the recipient of a Bearing Witness Fellowship from the Art for Justice Fund.

Luiselli started a literacy program for girls in a detention center in upstate New York that focuses on creative writing. She is passionate about researching and writing about mass incarceration in the United States, with a focus on detention centers.

Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Granta, and McSweeney's, among other publications, and has been translated into more than twenty languages. She teaches at Bard College and is a visiting professor at Harvard University.

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Valeria Luiselli Videos

Valeria Luiselli: 2020 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature
Valeria Luiselli: Border Crisis, Storytelling & “Lost Children Archive”
Novelist Valeria Luiselli on writing to document ‘political violence’

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What topics does Valeria Luiselli speak about?

Valeria Luiselli is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Authors, Hispanic Heritage, Diversity, Influential Women, Government and Civil Rights.

Where does Valeria Luiselli travel from?

Valeria Luiselli generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.

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Valeria Luiselli is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Authors, Hispanic Heritage and Diversity. The estimated speaking fee range to book Valeria Luiselli for live events is $20,000 - $30,000, and for virtual events Below $10,000. Valeria Luiselli generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Esmeralda Santiago, Olga Custodio and Shayla Rivera. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Valeria Luiselli for an upcoming event.

Valeria Luiselli Videos

Valeria Luiselli: 2020 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature
Valeria Luiselli: Border Crisis, Storytelling & “Lost Children Archive”
Novelist Valeria Luiselli on writing to document ‘political violence’
Valeria Luiselli on Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions

Valeria Luiselli Reviews

  • University of Michigan-Flint - Dec 03 2020

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