Manuel Ramos

Manuel Ramos is a retired attorney and the author of eleven novels and one collection of short stories. For his professional and community service he has received the Colorado Bar Association's Jacob V. Schaetzel Award, the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association's Chris Miranda Award, the Spirit of Tlatelolco Award, and others. His fiction has garnered the Colorado Book Award, the Chicano/Latino Literary Award, the Top Hand Award from the Colorado Authors League, and three Honorable Mentions from the Latino International Book Awards. He has been a finalist for the Edgar and Shamus awards. His published works include several short stories, poems, non-fiction articles and a handbook on Colorado landlord-tenant law, now in an eighth edition. He is a co-founder of and regular contributor to La Bloga (www.labloga.blogspot.com), an award-winning Internet magazine devoted to Latinx literature, culture, news, and opinion. "Angels in the Wind: A Mile High Noir"was published by Arte Público Press in 2021.