Book I of Southern Swallow Series – 12th Century scholar Li K'ai-men takes command of his first official assignments during a time of political unrest and barbarian invasions.
A native of Cuba, Carlos Rubio came to the United States in 1961 and finished high school in Wilmington, Delaware. He holds a BA degree from Concord College and a MA degree from West Virginia University. A bilingual novelist, in Spanish he has writeen Caleidoscopio, Saga, Orisha and Hubris. In 1989 his novel Quadrivium received the Nuevo León International Prize for Novels. In English he is the author of Orpheus’ Blues, Secret Memories and American Triptych, a trilogy of satirical novels. In 2004 his novel Dead Time received Foreword’s Magazine Book of the Year Award.
Accomplishments
In 1989, his novel, QUADRIVIUM, received the "Nuevo Leon International Prize for Novels." He has been twice a finalist in the Letras de Oro literary competition with his novels SAGA and TIEMPO MUERTO. He recently finished a novel entitled ORISHA and is now working on CALIFORNIA FEVER, the third installment in a trilogy of satirical novels. In June 2004 his bilingual novel DEAD TIME/TIEMPO MUERTO received the Book of the Year Award. FORGOTTEN OBJECTS, his latest novel, was a 2016 finalist in the Readers Choice Awards.