Rudy Ruiz is an award-winning author. His novel, The Resurrection
of Fulgencio Ramirez, received two Gold Medals at the 2021
International Latino Book Awards. It was also a finalist for the
Western Writers of America Silver Spur Award for Best Contemporary
Novel. His short-story collection Seven for the Revolution captured
four International Latino Book Awards, including the Mariposa Prize
for Best First Book. In 2017, he garnered the Gulf Coast Prize in
Fiction. A bilingual native of the US-Mexico border, he earned his
bachelor's and master's degrees at Harvard and now resides in San
Antonio, Texas, with his wife and children. Visit his website at
RudyRuiz.com.
Gary Tiedemann is a Florida and New York-based narrator, but
learned how to act in Chicago's improv, sketch-comedy, and theater
scene. He came to audiobook narration after voicing countless
commercials and videos over a twenty-year voice-over career. Gary
has also appeared in hundreds of improv and sketch performances at
Chicago's Annoyance Theatre, iO, The Second City, and in dozens of
theater roles as a cofounder of The New Colony Theatre. When Gary
is not in a booth, he is probably outside wondering if there is
time to go camping.
Ruiz offers an engrossing blend of historical fiction, ghost story,
and mystery...He employs elements of magic realism to haunting
effect, and the depictions of human cruelty and injustice are
unflinching...This has its rewards.-- "Publishers Weekly"
Ruiz's engaging tale, peppered generously with Spanish words and
smoldering with racial tension and classism, is immersive and
atmospheric and features an interesting cast of characters with
rich backstories. Ruiz deftly combines elements of romance,
historical mystery, horror, and magical realism to deliver a richly
satisfying adventure.-- "Booklist (starred review)"
Rudy Ruiz's Valley of Shadows haunts with its trenchant historical
accuracy woven dazzlingly with magical real elements that make this
borderland Western horror leap off the page. Indeed, this powerful
story wriggled into my heart and gut, like a snake seeking shelter
in the scorched desert earth. Unsettling and uplifting, both.
Filled with ghosts both literal and metaphorical in a desolate
place overflowing with unforgettable characters whose stories are
woven by a masterful storyteller, Ruiz's Valley of Shadows is
searing, incisive, and, at times, utterly terrifying.-- "Jennifer
Givhan, author of River Woman, River Demon"
Valley of Shadows captures readers in the sure grip of a
frightening battle against premeditated evil. It explores the
vicissitudes of the US-Mexico border. But most of all, it is an
immersive story, introducing two of the most amazingly alive and
complex characters who've ever joined forces in both the 'real
world' and beyond.-- "Sarah Cortez, author of The Carlucci
Betrayal"
Rudy Ruiz's imagination is second to none! I knew I'd be up all
night as soon as I picked up his latest book. Valley of Shadows
does not disappoint. The characters jump off the page, vying to
tell their stories--the curse, the love, the loss, the friendships,
the historical context, the mystery--compelling us to see through
the veil to know their end. Alas, it is over way too soon!-- "Nora
de Hoyos Comstock, PhD, founder of Las Comadres Para Las
Americas"
Ruiz writes with the ache of the lonely and the audacity of the
hopeful. His prose is unforgiving and his characters unrelenting.
Valley of Shadows contains a sharpness of vision that is
exceedingly rare; and through this tale of redemption and
rediscovery, Ruiz certifies his voice--as well as his philosophy of
togetherness--as a ferociously necessary addition to American
letters. -- "James Wade, award-winning author of All Things Left
Wild"
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