ESMERALDA SANTIAGO is the author of the memoirs When I Was Puerto Rican, Almost a Woman, which she adapted into a Peabody Award– winning film for PBS’ s Masterpiece Theatre, and The Turkish Lover; the novel Amé rica’ s Dream; and a children’ s book, A Doll for Navidades. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and House & Garden, among other publications, and on NPR’ s All Things Considered and Morning Edition. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, she lives in New York.
