Olivas, Daniel A. 1959–
Olivas, Daniel A. 1959–
PERSONAL: Born April 8, 1959, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Michael, Sr. and Elizabeth (Velasco) Olivas; married Susan Formaker (an attorney), October 19, 1986; children: Benjamin. Ethnicity: "Chicano." Educa-tion: Stanford University, B.A., 1981; University of California, Los Angeles, J.D., 1984. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Jewish (convert).
ADDRESSES: Office—California Department of Justice, 300 South Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER: California Department of Justice, Los Angeles, deputy attorney general, 1990–.
MEMBER: PEN USA, Associated Writing Programs, Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States.
WRITINGS:
The Courtship of María Rivera Peña (fiction), Silver Lake Publishing (Lansdowne, PA), 2000.
Assumption and Other Stories, Bilingual Press (Tempe, AZ), 2003.
Devil Talk: Stories, Bilingual Press (Tempe, AZ), 2004.
Benjamin and the Word (juvenile fiction), Arte Público Press (Houston, TX), 2005.
Contributor of short stories, poetry, and essays to periodicals, including Los Angeles Times, Exquisite Corpse, Pacific Review, Red River Review, Bilingual Review, LatinoLA, Outsider Ink, Painted Moon Review, Web del Sol, and MacGuffin.
SIDELIGHTS: Daniel A. Olivas told CA: "My fiction, poetry, and essays are infused with my experiences as a Chicano, Jew by choice, father, husband, and attorney. My influences include Sandra Cisneros, Ernest Hemingway, Luis Rodriguez, Amy Tan, T.C. Boyle, Aimee Bender, Alice Walker, Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and so many others."