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Joy Castro

Literature & Fiction | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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Born in Miami, raised in England and West Virginia, and educated in Texas, Joy Castro is the award-winning author of the memoir 'The Truth Book,' two literary thrillers set in post-Katrina New Orleans: 'Hell or High Water' and 'Nearer Home,' the essay collection 'Island of Bones,' and the short fiction collection 'How Winter Began.' Her work has appeared in venues including Ploughshares, Senses of Cinema, Brevity, Fourth Genre, North American Review, Salon, Afro-Hispanic Review, Gulf Coast, and the New York Times Magazine. Winner of the Nebraska Book Award and an International Latino Book Award, Finalist for the PEN Center USA Literary Award, an alternate for the Berlin Prize, editor of the anthology 'Family Trouble,' and a former Writer in Residence at Vanderbilt University, she’s the Willa Cather Professor of English and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she teaches creative writing, literature, and Latinx studies.

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One Brilliant Flame

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One Brilliant Flame

A Novel

By: Joy Castro

Narrated by: Krysta Gonzales, Tania Possick, Frankie Corzo, Gary Tiedemann, Jonathan Villanueva, Andre Santana

Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins

Release date: 01-03-23

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 61 ratings
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Hell or High Water

By: Joy Castro

Narrated by: Roxanne Hernandez

Series: Nola Cespedes, Book 1

Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins

Release date: 07-17-12

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
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Flight Risk

A Novel

By: Joy Castro

Narrated by: Rebecca Mozo

Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins

Release date: 11-01-21

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 129 ratings
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Nearer Home

A Nola Cespedes Mystery, Book 2

By: Joy Castro

Narrated by: Roxanne Hernandez

Series: Nola Cespedes, Book 2

Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins

Release date: 07-17-13

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
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