Angie Cruz is a novelist and editor. Her most recent novel, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water (2022), was a finalist for the 2024 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, shortlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, and chosen for The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2022 and The Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction.
Her novel Dominicana was the inaugural pick for the GMA Book Club and was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize, longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction, named a RUSA Notable Book, and received the ALA/YALSA Alex Award in Fiction.
Cruz is the author of two other novels, Soledad and Let It Rain Coffee, and the recipient of numerous fellowships, residencies, and awards including the 2025 USA Fellowship, the Poets & Writers / Writers for Writers Award, and the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of the award-winning literary journal Aster(ix).