Aran Shertterly
Aran Shetterly's first book, The Americano: Fighting with Castro for Cuba’s Freedom, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and praise from Carlos Eire, the National Book Award winner for Waiting for Snow in Havana. From 2005 to 2009, Shetterly founded, edited, and wrote for Inside Mexico, the most widely distributed English-language periodical in Mexico. Shetterly grew up in rural Maine, studied English Literature and Spanish Language and Culture at Harvard College, and earned an MA in American and New England Studies from the University of Southern Maine. He has worked in media, publishing, and as a writing instructor, and has collaborated with his father’s arts and education organization, Americans Who Tell the Truth, since 2003. After living in Costa Rica, Cuba, and Mexico, Shetterly now resides in Charlottesville, Virginia with his wife, Margot Lee Shetterly, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, Hidden Figures.
