Désirée Zamorano

Désirée Zamorano is a California-based short story writer, novelist, and playwright. She is the author of the novels Modern Cons, Human Cargo, and, most recently, The Amado Women.

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The Rules of the Game: On Toni Ann Johnson’s “Light Skin Gone to Waste”
Désirée Zamorano reviews Toni Ann Johnson’s story collection “Light Skin Gone to Waste.”
Désirée ZamoranoOct 18, 2022
- Fiction
One Fell Swoop: On Joy Castro’s “Flight Risk”
Desirée Zamorano reviews Joy Castro’s “Flight Risk,” a novel about a successful high-society woman’s complicated relationship with her hidden West...
Désirée ZamoranoFeb 21, 2022
- Noir
Searching for What’s Walled Off: On Naomi Hirahara’s “Clark and Division”
Désirée Zamorano reviews Naomi Hirahara’s “Clark and Division,” a novel set in a community of Japanese Americans recently released from an internment...
Désirée ZamoranoSep 15, 2021
- Noir
Payment Is Due: On Cynthia Pelayo’s “Children of Chicago”
Désirée Zamorano delves into the folk tale and horror running through Cynthia Pelayo’s “Children of Chicago.”
Désirée ZamoranoApr 21, 2021
- Noir
Now Is the Time: A Conversation with David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Désirée Zamorano interviews David Heska Wanbli Weiden about his new book, “Winter Counts.”
Désirée ZamoranoAug 25, 2020
- Noir
Avenging Angel: On Tori Eldridge’s “The Ninja Daughter”
Désirée Zamorano takes on “The Ninja Daughter” by Tori Eldridge.
Désirée ZamoranoMay 13, 2020
- Noir
Our Collective History: An Interview with Michael Nava
Désirée Zamorano asks Michael Nava about “Carved in Bone,” his latest mystery novel starring openly gay, Mexican-American defense attorney Henry Rios.
Désirée ZamoranoNov 8, 2019
- Noir
Memento Mori: On Angel Luis Colón’s “Hell Chose Me”
Désirée Zamorano reviews “Hell Chose Me” by Angel Luis Colón.
Désirée ZamoranoAug 21, 2019
- Noir

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