Like most things in life, this blog has evolved over the years. It started with interviews of other authors and book reviews, then became a way to showcase the articles I wrote for The Taos News and other publications. Now I am treating it like a traditional blog, with more information about my work and books.

Below is my current bio:

Teresa Dovalpage was born in Havana and now lives in Hobbs, New Mexico, where she teaches at the college level. She holds a PhD in Hispanic Literature from the University of New Mexico, with a specialization in Latin American literature.

She is the author of thirteen novels and four collections of short stories in English and Spanish. Her Havana Mystery series, published by Soho Crime, began with Death Comes in through the Kitchen (2018), set in Havana and featuring Padrino, a santero-detective. Subsequent novels include Queen of Bones (2019) named by NBC News as one of the ten best books by and about Latinos of the year; Death of a Telenovela Star (2020); Death under the Perseids (2021); and Last Seen in Havana (2024) which Sarah Weinman praised in The New York Times for exploring “how familial bonds can fray, yet manage to hold steady, across the decades.” Last Seen in Havana was also an Amazon Editor’s Pick for Best Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense.

Her earlier novels include A Girl like Che Guevara (Soho Press, 2004) and Habanera, a Portrait of a Cuban Family (Floricanto Press, 2010). In Spanish, her work has been published by Anagrama, Renacimiento, Egales, and other presses in Spain; her novel Muerte de un murciano en La Habana was a runner-up for the Herralde Award, and El difunto Fidel won the Rincón de la Victoria Award.

Dovalpage is also the author of the story collections The Astral Plane and En la Feria del Libro de Miami y otros viajes astrales, among others. Her plays La hija de La Llorona and Hasta que el mortgage nos separe have been staged by Aguijón Theater in Chicago.

Her forthcoming novel, The Novel Detective (Soho Crime, 2026), is a metafictional mystery set in Cuba past and present, inspired by her own childhood in Havana and her adult life in the United States, in which the author appears as a character at two moments in her life—Teresa and Teresita.