John Paul Jaramillo grew up in Southern Colorado but now lives, writes and teaches in Illinois. His first collection of composite stories The House of Order: Stories was an International Latino Book Award Finalist, and in 2013 the editors of Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature listed Jaramillo as one of its 2013 top 10 new Latino authors. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the Acentos Review, Palabra, A Magazine of Chicano and Latino Literary Art, and most recently in Duende.
contact: 5250 Shepherd Road / Dept. of Arts and Humanities / Lincoln Land Community College / Springfield, IL 62796 / Office: 217-786-2897 / john.jaramillo@llcc.edu / twitter / facebook
