Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Author Ingrid Rojas Contreras is featured in a new California Book Club conversation with Alta Journal, where she reflects on her motivations for writing. The discussion covers her craft, her Colombian and Colombian American roots, and how memory and family history shape her work, including her acclaimed memoir 'The Man Who Could Move Clouds'. Readers are being invited into her creative process.

Writers and readers are being pointed toward Ingrid Rojas Contreras's memoir 'The Man Who Could Move Clouds', which blends family history with her grandfather's reputed ability to heal and influence the weather. The book, a finalist for major literary awards, is being promoted as an essential read for its mix of memory, myth and Colombian heritage, with critics urging new audiences to pick it up.