David Bowles is a Mexican American author and translator from south Texas. He has written several award-winning titles, most notably THEY CALL ME GÜERO and MY TWO BORDER TOWNS His work has also been published in multiple anthologies, plus venues such as The New York Times, Strange Horizons, School Library Journal, Rattle, Translation Review, and the Journal of Children’s Literature. Additionally, David has worked on several TV/film projects. In 2019, he co-founded the hashtag and activist movement #DignidadLiteraria, which has negotiated greater Latinx representation in publishing. He is presently the vice president of the Texas Institute of Letters.
Series
Books
Lords of the Earth
2016
Border Lore
Folktales and Legends of South Texas
2015
The Blue-Spangled Blue
2009
The Fire-Breathing Ferret Fiasco
2020
They Call Me Güero
A Border Kid's Poems
2018
Mexican Bestiary
2012
Secret of the Moon Conch
2023
Rise of the Halfling King
2020
Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky
Myths of Mexico
2018
Where the Veil Is Thin
2020
Hearts of Fire and Snow
2024
Ghosts of the Rio Grande Valley
2016
My Two Border Towns
2021
Chupacabra Vengeance
2017
Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats
2020
Flower, Song, Dance
Aztec and Mayan Poetry
2013
Shattering and Bricolage
2014
Ancient Night
2023
Living Beyond Borders
Growing up Mexican in America
2021
The Smoking Mirror
2015
A Kingdom Beneath the Waves
2016
The Witch Owl Parliament
2021
They Call Her Fregona
A Border Kid's Poems
2022
The Prince and the Coyote
2023
The (Other) F Word
A Celebration of the Fat and Fierce
2019
