Dr. Irene Blea

About me

Gender Female
Industry Engineering
Occupation Author and lecturer
Location Burque, New Mexco, United States
Introduction I wrote academic textbooks and articles for 27 years. After I retired I decided to continue writing poetry and social-historical novels. My next novel, Poor People's Flowers (ABQ Press), is the second in a trilogy. The first book is titled Suzanna. It's the story of a young woman forced to marry an older man in 1920's New Mexico, In the second book, Suzanna looks for the sons she left behind when she ran away from her husband.
Interests Gardening, Cacti and Succulent collecting, and Travel
Favorite Movies Australia, The Help, Under the Tuscan Sun, Austrailia, Memoirs of a Geisha, Milagro Beanfield War, The Last Emporer, Seven Years in Tibet
Favorite Music Spanish, Country, Southwest Folk
Favorite Books The Death of Artemio Cruz and Aura by Carlos Fuentes, House of Spirits by Isabel Allende

Do you want to write a book? Check back with me. I'll post something by the end of April.