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Sandra Cisneros was born on December 20, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. She is a Mexican-American writer of many short stories. She is the only daughter of seven children. During Sandra's childhood, she was very lonely and didn't really have much. Sandra's two famous books are "The House on Mango Street" which was published in 1984 and "Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories" which was publised in 1991. Sandra writes about her childhood and people in her community. Sandra won the American Book Award and the Clay McDaniel Fellowship Award.

Today many people know Sandra for her books. One of them are "Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories". In this book, Sandra reflects on her experiences by American influences while being family bound to her Mexican heritage. Most of the stories in this book are about relationships with men and other women in their lives. Sandra mainly writes about feminine things because she experiences most of them.