Stephen D. Gutierrez (born

Montebello, California Montebello (Italian for "Beautiful Mountain") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located just east of East Los Angeles and southwest of San Gabriel Valley. It is an independent city. east of downtown Los Angeles. It is ...

) is an American

short story writer A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

, professor at

California State University, East Bay California State University, East Bay (Cal State East Bay, CSU East Bay, or CSUEB) is a public university in Hayward, California. The university is part of the 23-campus California State University system and offers 136 undergraduate and 60 pos ...

, and winner of a 2010

American Book Award The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "the ...

. He won the 2010 Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition. He graduated from

California State University, Chico California State University, Chico, or commonly, Chico State, is a public university in Chico, California. Founded in 1887, it is the second oldest campus in the California State University system. As of the fall 2020 semester, the university had ...

with a BA in English in 1981, and from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

with an MFA in 1987. He is married to the writer Jacqueline Doyle; they have one son.

Works

*"From the book ''Live From Fresno y Los''", ''Poets & Writers''
"MARCELLA'S ACT"
''LITnIMAGE'' * *''Live from Fresno y Los: stories'', Bear Star Press, 2009,

Plays

*''Game Day'' *''The Performance'', San Francisco Theatre Festival

Anthologies

*''Latinos in Lotus Land: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature.''

References

External links

Author's website
''La Bloga'', May 18, 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Gutierrez, Stephen D. Living people California State University, East Bay faculty American short story writers People from Montebello, California Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area American Book Award winners Year of birth missing (living people)