Valeria Luiselli

Valeria Luiselli is a MacArthur Fellow and one of the most acclaimed writers working in contemporary literature, known for her formally inventive, intellectually ambitious fiction that explores migration, borders, language, and the stories we tell about ourselves and others. Her novel Lost Children Archive, read by the author and Kivlighan de Montebello, is a sweeping, deeply felt story of a family road trip across the American Southwest that becomes an exploration of the migrant children's crisis at the US-Mexico border, told through multiple narrative layers including documents, photographs, and the voices of both adults and children. The novel was longlisted for the Booker Prize and won the American Book Award, confirming Luiselli's place among the most important novelists of her generation. Her writing combines formal experimentation with genuine emotional power, creating fiction that is both intellectually challenging and deeply moving. Luiselli's own narration of the audiobook, alongside Kivlighan de Montebello, adds an extra dimension of intimacy and authenticity to a novel that is deeply concerned with voice, listening, and the stories that get told and those that do not. Lost Children Archive is available as an audiobook, offering listeners a profound, beautifully crafted novel about family, migration, and the American landscape.