Daniel A. Olivas
@danielolivas.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and plays. Recent books: CHICANO FRANKENSTEIN; MY CHICANO HEART; WAITING FOR GODÍNEZ. Website: https://danielolivas.com
Just visited Vroman's Bookstore in beautiful Pasadena and found this #Frankenstein endcap that includes my novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press). It's in horrifyingly wonderful company. #horror #scifi
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Just visited Vroman's Bookstore in beautiful Pasadena and found this #Frankenstein endcap that includes my novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press). It's in horrifyingly wonderful company. #horror #scifi
Cartoon by Ivan Ehlers, brought to you by Alta Journal. #Frankenstein
October 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Cartoon by Ivan Ehlers, brought to you by Alta Journal. #Frankenstein
Many thanks to Mary Ann of Current Tales and Furry Tails on Instagram for making this lovely poster of a quote from my novel, Chicano Frankenstein. I didn't ask Mary Ann to do it—a stranger to me—it just popped up. #WritingCommunity
October 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Many thanks to Mary Ann of Current Tales and Furry Tails on Instagram for making this lovely poster of a quote from my novel, Chicano Frankenstein. I didn't ask Mary Ann to do it—a stranger to me—it just popped up. #WritingCommunity
Happy #FridayReads, hermano!
"Olivas takes his most audacious step yet: an absurdist tragicomedy that transplants Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot into the terrain of U.S. immigration policy...."
—Gerald A. Padilla, Latino Book Review #playwriting #immigration
"Olivas takes his most audacious step yet: an absurdist tragicomedy that transplants Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot into the terrain of U.S. immigration policy...."
—Gerald A. Padilla, Latino Book Review #playwriting #immigration
October 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Happy #FridayReads, hermano!
"Olivas takes his most audacious step yet: an absurdist tragicomedy that transplants Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot into the terrain of U.S. immigration policy...."
—Gerald A. Padilla, Latino Book Review #playwriting #immigration
"Olivas takes his most audacious step yet: an absurdist tragicomedy that transplants Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot into the terrain of U.S. immigration policy...."
—Gerald A. Padilla, Latino Book Review #playwriting #immigration
Tomorrow, October 5, at 5:00 p.m., join us at Casita Bookstore in beautiful #LongBeach as we discuss my novel, Chicano Frankenstein. Signing to follow. #scifi #horror #HorrorCommunity #booksigning
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Tomorrow, October 5, at 5:00 p.m., join us at Casita Bookstore in beautiful #LongBeach as we discuss my novel, Chicano Frankenstein. Signing to follow. #scifi #horror #HorrorCommunity #booksigning
Join us at Casita Bookstore in beautiful #LongBeach this Sunday, October 5, at 5:00 p.m., as we discuss my novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press). Signing to follow. #Horror #scifi #Frankenstein #HorrorCommunity
September 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Join us at Casita Bookstore in beautiful #LongBeach this Sunday, October 5, at 5:00 p.m., as we discuss my novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press). Signing to follow. #Horror #scifi #Frankenstein #HorrorCommunity
I am delighted and honored to be a guest author at Banned Books Week! Join the discussion on October 7 as we discuss my short-story collection, How to Date a Flying Mexican.
September 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I am delighted and honored to be a guest author at Banned Books Week! Join the discussion on October 7 as we discuss my short-story collection, How to Date a Flying Mexican.
I am so honored and delighted that my 2024 novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press), continues to find readers in book clubs and classrooms. Many thanks to you and to my wonderful publisher. #HorrorCommunity #scifi #horror #Frankenstein #novels @forestavenuepress.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I am so honored and delighted that my 2024 novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press), continues to find readers in book clubs and classrooms. Many thanks to you and to my wonderful publisher. #HorrorCommunity #scifi #horror #Frankenstein #novels @forestavenuepress.bsky.social
Always nice to see my novel, Chicano Frankenstein, taught in colleges!
www.donbookstore.com/donbook/buy_... #HorrorCommunity #RequiredReading
www.donbookstore.com/donbook/buy_... #HorrorCommunity #RequiredReading
September 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Always nice to see my novel, Chicano Frankenstein, taught in colleges!
www.donbookstore.com/donbook/buy_... #HorrorCommunity #RequiredReading
www.donbookstore.com/donbook/buy_... #HorrorCommunity #RequiredReading
September 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Olivas takes his most audacious step yet..."
—Latino Book Review
Today is the birthday of my latest book, Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts, published by the University of New Mexico Press! Available at your favorite bookseller. #playwriting #bookbirthday
—Latino Book Review
Today is the birthday of my latest book, Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts, published by the University of New Mexico Press! Available at your favorite bookseller. #playwriting #bookbirthday
September 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Olivas takes his most audacious step yet..."
—Latino Book Review
Today is the birthday of my latest book, Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts, published by the University of New Mexico Press! Available at your favorite bookseller. #playwriting #bookbirthday
—Latino Book Review
Today is the birthday of my latest book, Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts, published by the University of New Mexico Press! Available at your favorite bookseller. #playwriting #bookbirthday
Can't wait to read it! And tomorrow is the book birthday for my latest, too. 😀
September 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Can't wait to read it! And tomorrow is the book birthday for my latest, too. 😀
My new book, Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts, will be published tomorrow by the University of New Mexico Press. It is lovely! Available for pre-order now. #playwriting #newbooks
September 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My new book, Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts, will be published tomorrow by the University of New Mexico Press. It is lovely! Available for pre-order now. #playwriting #newbooks
Happy #FridayReads, hermano! My latest book, Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts, drops on September 2 from the University of New Mexico Press! Details: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Waitin...
August 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Happy #FridayReads, hermano! My latest book, Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts, drops on September 2 from the University of New Mexico Press! Details: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Waitin...
I just received an advance copy of my forthcoming book, Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts (University of New Mexico Press). It's gorgeous. Coming to your favorite bookstore on Sept. 2. Details: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Waitin... #playwriting #immigration #ICE #WritingCommunity
August 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I just received an advance copy of my forthcoming book, Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts (University of New Mexico Press). It's gorgeous. Coming to your favorite bookstore on Sept. 2. Details: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Waitin... #playwriting #immigration #ICE #WritingCommunity
L.A. Book Launch: Lisa Alvarez, Daniel Olivas, & Adolfo Guzman Lopez.
Join us at the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center for a celebration of new fiction, playwriting, and poetry with three Chicanx authors. www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-la... #fiction #poetry #playwriting #WritingCommunity
Join us at the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center for a celebration of new fiction, playwriting, and poetry with three Chicanx authors. www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-la... #fiction #poetry #playwriting #WritingCommunity
August 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
L.A. Book Launch: Lisa Alvarez, Daniel Olivas, & Adolfo Guzman Lopez.
Join us at the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center for a celebration of new fiction, playwriting, and poetry with three Chicanx authors. www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-la... #fiction #poetry #playwriting #WritingCommunity
Join us at the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center for a celebration of new fiction, playwriting, and poetry with three Chicanx authors. www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-la... #fiction #poetry #playwriting #WritingCommunity
"Where Heaven Sinks: Poems" by María Esquinca is winner of the 2024 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. It will be published by the University of Nevada Press on September 23. Yet another wonderful title in the New Oeste Series.
unpress.nevada.edu/978164779218... #poetry
unpress.nevada.edu/978164779218... #poetry
August 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"Where Heaven Sinks: Poems" by María Esquinca is winner of the 2024 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. It will be published by the University of Nevada Press on September 23. Yet another wonderful title in the New Oeste Series.
unpress.nevada.edu/978164779218... #poetry
unpress.nevada.edu/978164779218... #poetry
Join us at Riverside's wonderful independent bookstore, the Cellar Door, on September 28, 2:00, to discuss my novel, Chicano Frankenstein! Full details: www.cellardoorbookstore.com/chicanofrank... #Riverside #HorrorCommunity #bookclubs
August 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Join us at Riverside's wonderful independent bookstore, the Cellar Door, on September 28, 2:00, to discuss my novel, Chicano Frankenstein! Full details: www.cellardoorbookstore.com/chicanofrank... #Riverside #HorrorCommunity #bookclubs
What a wonderful panel we had at the Bay Area Book Festival! Our panel, Nightmares Revealed: The Rise of #Latinx Horror Fiction, included Cynthia Gómez, M. M. Olivas, and me. Our fantastic moderator was Kristina Canales. #HorrorCommunity #BABF2025
June 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
What a wonderful panel we had at the Bay Area Book Festival! Our panel, Nightmares Revealed: The Rise of #Latinx Horror Fiction, included Cynthia Gómez, M. M. Olivas, and me. Our fantastic moderator was Kristina Canales. #HorrorCommunity #BABF2025
My novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press), won a silver medal IBPA Book Award last night! Mil gracias to the judges and my wonderful publisher. Details: www.ibpabookaward.org/winners-lati...
#books #HorrorCommunity #indiepresses #horror #Latine
#books #HorrorCommunity #indiepresses #horror #Latine
May 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press), won a silver medal IBPA Book Award last night! Mil gracias to the judges and my wonderful publisher. Details: www.ibpabookaward.org/winners-lati...
#books #HorrorCommunity #indiepresses #horror #Latine
#books #HorrorCommunity #indiepresses #horror #Latine
Are you planning a panel for #AWP26? If so, I'd be delighted to be part of it. This year, I have an immigration play that is being published in September, and last year, I had a #horror novel and a #shortstory collection come out. I have been an AWP panelist many times. DM me!
May 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Are you planning a panel for #AWP26? If so, I'd be delighted to be part of it. This year, I have an immigration play that is being published in September, and last year, I had a #horror novel and a #shortstory collection come out. I have been an AWP panelist many times. DM me!
I got to meet Pedro Iniguez at LitFest in the Dena and bought his poetry collection, Mexicans on the Moon (Space Cowboy Books), which includes an introduction by Gabino Iglesias. Pick up your copy! bookshop.org/p/books/mexi... #poetry
May 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I got to meet Pedro Iniguez at LitFest in the Dena and bought his poetry collection, Mexicans on the Moon (Space Cowboy Books), which includes an introduction by Gabino Iglesias. Pick up your copy! bookshop.org/p/books/mexi... #poetry
"California Southern: writing from the road, 1992-2025"
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez takes us along the neighborhoods of Southern California seen through the lens of an immigrant, father, husband, son, poet, journalist, Mexican, and American. www.hinchaspress.com/product/-cal... #journalism #essays
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez takes us along the neighborhoods of Southern California seen through the lens of an immigrant, father, husband, son, poet, journalist, Mexican, and American. www.hinchaspress.com/product/-cal... #journalism #essays
May 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"California Southern: writing from the road, 1992-2025"
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez takes us along the neighborhoods of Southern California seen through the lens of an immigrant, father, husband, son, poet, journalist, Mexican, and American. www.hinchaspress.com/product/-cal... #journalism #essays
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez takes us along the neighborhoods of Southern California seen through the lens of an immigrant, father, husband, son, poet, journalist, Mexican, and American. www.hinchaspress.com/product/-cal... #journalism #essays
Join us in beautiful Pasadena for the second day of LitFest in the Dena! I will moderate the panel, Pasadena as a Character, today at 4:00 p.m. Check out all of the great panels: litfestinthedena.org #LitFest #Pasadena #WritingCommunity
May 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Join us in beautiful Pasadena for the second day of LitFest in the Dena! I will moderate the panel, Pasadena as a Character, today at 4:00 p.m. Check out all of the great panels: litfestinthedena.org #LitFest #Pasadena #WritingCommunity