New Mexico Junior College

Distinguished Author Series with Teresa Dovalpage

Thursday, February 20 - 6:30pm - Western Heritage Museum

 

Western Heritage Museum's Distinguished Author Series continues on February 20 from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm, with Cuban-born author Teresa Dovalpage. Dovalpage will be discussing her latest mystery novel, Queen of Bones, which was recently chosen by NBC News as one of the top “10 books from 2019 by and about Latinos.”

Teresa Dovalpage, who was born in Havana, Cuba, is a professor of Spanish and ELS at New Mexico Junior College. She obtained a doctorate in Latin American literature from the University of New Mexico. She has published nine novels and three collections of short stories.

Her latest novel, Queen of Bones, is part of a trilogy of mystery novels that started with Death Comes in Through the Kitchen. In a recent Hobbs News-Sun article Dovalpage explained, "I love writing about food and mysteries. Both are part of life."

Queen of Bones is "set between Cubas"- twenty years apart. The novel explores lingering grudges between old friends and lovers separated by Castro's final sanctioned raft exodus. Publishers Weekly praised the novel: "Dovalpage skillfully evokes the lights and shadows of life in Cuba . . . Vibrant supporting characters such as Padrino, a Santería priest, and Lt. Marlene Martínez, a police detective, lend color. This moving tale of love, loss, greed, and betrayal will also appeal to non-mystery readers.”

Dovalpage's books will be available for purchase at the Western Heritage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame. For more information about this event, call 575-492-2678.