An Evening with.....Gwendolyn Zepeda May 21, 2009

Meet author Gwendolyn Zepeda, who will discuss her latest book "Houston, We Have a Problema."

Confronted with tough questions—in a world where everyone else already seems to know the answers—a young woman learns to take control of her own life in Houston, We Have a Problema (Gwendolyn Zepeda’s poignant debut novel addresses the issues affecting modern young women and takes on cultural, social, and professional stereotypes.Gwendolyn Zepeda’s blog gwenworld.com and her first book To The Last Man I Slept With and All the Jerks Like Him have been mentioned in the NY Post and Seattle Post.

Zepeda was awarded the Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County’s Individual Artist Grant for her literary pursuits in 2004. She won the Diarist.Net Legacy Award for her online journal/blog in 2003. She is the creator of The Quinceañera You Were Too Poor to Have, a literary event for artists fueled by deprivation. Zepeda is a member of Nuestra Palabra, which hosts Houston's Latino Book and Family Festival, the largest book festival in Texas. Gwendolyn Zepeda lives in Houston, Texas.

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