Daniel A. Olivas

Daniel A. Olivas is the author of 13 books including Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts (University of New Mexico Press, 2025), Chicano Frankenstein: A Novel (Forest Avenue Press, 2024), and Crossing the Border: Collected Poems (Pact Press, 2017). Widely anthologized, Olivas has written on literature for The New York Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, Los Angeles Times, Zocálo, Latino Book Review, Alta Journal, Literary Hub, and The Guardian. He earned his degree in English literature from Stanford University, and law degree from UCLA. By day, Olivas is a senior attorney with the California Department of Justice specializing in land use, environmental enforcement, and affordable housing.