Ana Veciana-Suarez
Ana Veciana-Suarez is a syndicated columnist for The Miami Herald. Her writing explores the human experience, touching on family and personal issues as well as events that are shaping our country. Her Cuban heritage informs her writing with vibrancy and color and her revelations ring universally true with readers.
Veciana-Suarez's novel, "The Chin Kiss King" (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1997; in paperback by Plume, 1998), has been translated into Spanish, Dutch and German, and it was recently nominated for the prestigious IMPAC award. The book has been called "piquant and aromatic, written with a spirited sense of inner worlds and human foibles...an impressive debut" (The New York Times) and "Vivid and emotionally charged...bewitching for its lyricism and for its evocative powers" (The Boston Globe).
Veciana-Suarez's latest book, a collection of essays titled "Birthday Parties in Heaven: Thoughts on Life, Love, Grief, and Other Matters of the Heart," was published in 2000 by Dutton/Plume.
Veciana-Suarez's numerous awards for her newspaper writing include a second place Sunshine State Award for commentary in 1998 and a first place Sunshine State Award in 1995, both from the Society of Professional Journalists, South Florida Chapter; first place, Excellence in Feature Writing, commentary category, from the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors in 1996; the Penney-Missouri Award for a co-written 1995 series on caring for the elderly; second place, National Headliner Award for local columns in 1995; and third place, Division A column, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors in 1995.
A summa cum laude graduate of the University of South Florida, Veciana-Suarez previously worked at The Miami News and The Palm Beach Pos.
Ana Veciana-Suarez Samples
Feb. 1 Veciana-Suarez column corrected
CORRECTION CORRECTION. Romney released two years' worth of tax returns this week, and the resulting debate has been as lively as a season-ending installment of "Survivor." A corrected version of the column has been posted.
Fairness fuels debate on income inequality
I will spend much of this weekend taming the beast that is my income tax folder, a multi-pocketed file with such handwritten labels as Office Supplies, 1099 and Charity.
Fairness fuels debate on income inequality
I will spend much of this weekend taming the beast that is my income tax folder, a multi-pocketed file with such handwritten labels as Office Supplies, 1099 and Charity.
Tebow haters, back off
Now that the Denver Broncos are out of the NFL playoffs, it's probably a little safer to tiptoe into the controversy that is Tim Tebow. Tebow, in case you don't know, is the Broncos quarterback known as much for his faith as for his arm.
Too sexy for the yearbook
I've just spent the morning strolling memory lane.
End of the world? Mayan doomsday the latest hoax
So here we are in 2012, a new year full of hope and promise. But somewhere, someone is already predicting the end of the world. Bummer. If this prediction sounds vaguely familiar, you're right.
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