Marcela Fuentes
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Marcela Fuentes is a fiction writer and essayist. Her acclaimed debut novel Malas, won the Sergio Troncoso Best First Book of Fiction Prize from the Texas Institute of Letters, the 2024 Wrangler Award for Outstanding Western Novel, the WILLA Award for Contemporary Literary Fiction, the 2025 REFORMA Book Award, and a 2025 American Book Award.
Malas was shortlisted for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Prize and longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Malas received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, the Washington Post, and The New York Times, was featured in People, Elle Magazine, and Texas Monthly, and was selected Good Morning America Book Club’s pick for June 2024.
Marcela lives in Dallas, Texas, with her dog, Francisco.
