Victor Cass has writing
in his blood. His mother, Dr. Thelma T. Reyna, is a notable author in her own right, whose recent collection of short stories,
The Heavens Weep For Us, was a 2010 National Best Books Award Finalist, as well as a 2011 Eric Hoffer Award Finalist
and The Montaigne Medal 2011 Finalist. Her poems and short fiction have appeared in Palabra, A Magazine of Chicano &
Latino Literary Art, Vwa, Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras
y Cambio Social, Growing Up Chicana/o, and other publications. You can visit her website here:
www.thelmareyna.com
