Kimberly Garza author biography, plus links to books by Kimberly Garza.

Kimberly Garza

Kimberly Garza is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Last Karankawas, a New York Times Editors' Choice and an Indie Next pick. Her stories and essays have appeared in Electric Literature, Texas Highways, Copper Nickel, and elsewhere, and she was a 2024 National Endowment of the Arts creative writing fellow. A native Texan―born in Galveston, raised in Uvalde―she teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she directs the creative writing program.

This biography was last updated on 12/01/2026.

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