Harrison Candelaria Fletcher is an American journalist and author. In 2013 his book ''Descanso for My Father: Fragments of a Life'' received a

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in the

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, and also a

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for non-fiction. The book is a

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of his father, who died when the author was a baby. His second book, ''Presentimiento: A Life in Dreams'', is about his mother.

Publications

* ''Descanso for My Father: Fragments of a Life''. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2012. . * ''Presentimiento: A Life in Dreams''. Pittsburgh : Autumn House Press, 2016. .

References

Living people 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-nonfiction-writer-stub