MANUEL RAMOS is the recipient of several literary awards for his books, which include The Last Client of Luis Montez (Arte Público Press, 2024); The Ballad of Gato Guerrero (Arte Público Press, 2024); The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz (Arte Público Press, 2023), an Edgar Award finalist; Angels in the Wind: A Mile High Noir (Arte Público Press, 2021); The Golden Havana Night (Arte Público Press, 2018); My Bad (Arte Público Press, 2016); Desperado (Arte Público Press, 2013); and The Skull of Pancho Villa and Other Stories (Arte Público Press, 2015). Inducted into the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame in 2021, he lives and works in Denver, Colorado.