author / professor / essayist

John Paul Jaramillo is an award-recognized author and educator whose books and essays are rooted in family, place, and the lived history of southern Colorado.

He holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Oregon State University. In 2013, Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature named him one of the Top 10 New Latino Authors to Watch and Read. He is Professor of English at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois, where he teaches writing and literature.