Writer

Gloria Alvarez is a novelist and freelance writer. Her third book, Desert Kiss, won a Latino Literary Hall of Fame award. She has lived in Mexico, Spain, and Indonesia and has served as a writer-in-residence with WITS for 9 years. A member of Novelists Inc. and the Authors Guild, Gloria holds a B.S. in Spanish from Georgetown University and an M.A. in linguistics from the Ohio State University. She lives in Houston with her husband, two daughters, and three Indonesian felines.