Michael Jaime Becerra

Michael Jaime Becerra is a native of El Monte, California and associate professor of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside. Jaime-Becerra's early work was first collected in 1996 as Look Back and Laugh for the Chicano Chapbook Series, edited by Gary Soto. His subsequent works include The Estrellistas Off Peck Road (Temporary Vandalism) and Every Night Is Ladies' Night (Rayo/HarperCollins). Jaime-Becerra is currently at work on new stories, as well as a novel about rural musicians in Mexico.