Born in Chicago, Illinois, Sandra Cisneros studied at Loyola University Chicago and earned an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her poetry collections include Bad Boys (Mango Publications, 1980), My Wicked, Wicked Ways (Third Woman Press, 1987), and Loose Woman (Knopf, 1994). Her novel The House on Mango Street (Arte Público Press, 1984) is widely taught in schools and universities. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1995, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and the PEN Center USA Literary Award.
