Quinnipiac University
Assistant Teaching Professor of English
Hamden, Connecticut
2024 - Present
Bessie Flores Zaldivar
Assistant Teaching Professor of English
Bessie Flores Zaldivar
Assistant Teaching Professor of English
Bessie Flores Zaldivar is a writer and educator from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She received an MFA in Fiction from Virginia Tech and now teaches First-Year Writing and Fiction at Quinnipiac University. Libertad, Zaldivar's debut YA novel, was published by Penguin Teen in 2024 and selected as one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly and Chicago's Public Library.
Education
- MFA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Organization
- English
Office Location
- College of Arts & Sciences 1 325
Mail Drop
- CL-AC1
Experience
Selected Publications
Books
Libertad
Bessie Flores Zaldivar
(Penguin Random House 2024)