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  • Bibliography:
    5 Books
  • First Book:
    April 2005
  • Latest Book:
    November 2017
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Book List in Order: 5 titles



  • “The engaging stories . . . draw on Peru’s violent history, the plight of Lima’s poor and the hopes of immigrants in New York . . . finely crafted fiction.” -- Chicago TribuneWinner of the Whiting Writers’ AwardIn this exquisite collection...



  • A powerful and searing novel of three lives fractured by a civil war For ten years, Norma has been the voice of consolation for a people broken by violence. She hosts Lost City Radio, the most popular program in their nameless South American coun...



  • The breakout book from a prizewinning young writer: a breathtaking, suspenseful story of one man’s obsessive search to find the truth of another man’s downfall. Nelson’s life is not turning out the way he hoped. His girlfriend is sleeping wi...



  • Oscar “Chino” Uribe is a young Peruvian journalist for a local tabloid paper. After the recent death of his philandering father, he must confront the idea of his father’s other family, and how much of his own identity has been shaped by his fat...



  • An urgent, essential collection of stories about immigration, broken dreams, Los Angeles gang members, Latin American families, and other tales of high stakes journeys, from the award-winning author of War by Candlelight and At Night We Walk in Circl...




Award-Winning Books by Daniel Alarcon

Lost City Radio
2008 PEN Literary Award -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Daniel Alarcon has published 5 books.

Daniel Alarcon does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The King Is Always Above the People: Stories, was published in November 2017.

The first book by Daniel Alarcon, War by Candlelight, was published in April 2005.

No. Daniel Alarcon does not write books in series.