The Modern Novel

Biography

Rita Indiana was born in Santo Domingo in 1977. She is the great-niece of the soprano Ivonne Haza. She started her literary career publishing poetry in a literary magazine before publishing her first prose work, a collection of stories. She followed up with several well-received novels, using local slang. She then formed an alternative merengue band, Rita Indiana y los Misterios. She is openly gay (link in Spanish).

Other Links

Her Twitter page (in English and Spanish)
Rita Indiana
Rita Indiana Hernandez
Guest DJ Rita Indiana
Interview
Rita Indiana (in Spanish)