In addition to Under the Feet of Jesus, Helena María Viramontes is the author of numerous short stories and the novel, Their Dogs Came With Them. Viramontes has co-edited two collections: Chicana (W)Rites: On Word and Film and Chicana Creativity and Criticism. The Goldwin Smith Professor of English at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, she is also a recipient of a United States Artist Fellowship among other awards and fellowships. Her writings have been widely anthologized and adopted for academic study such as the critical reader, Rebozos De Palabras. A community organizer and former coordinator of the Los Angeles Latino Writers Association, Viramontes is a frequent lecturer in the U.S. and internationally. Their Dogs Came With Them has recently been adapted into a play. She is finalizing a draft of her third novel.