About Irene Vilar

Irene Vilar was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Her memoir, The Ladies’ Gallery (Other Press, 2009, originally published in 1996) was a Philadelphia Inquirer and Detroit Free Press notable book of the year and was short-listed for the 1999 Mind Book of the Year Award. The memoir was featured on NPR’s Fresh Air, Univison, CBS, PBS La Plaza, Vogue magazine, New York Times Magazine, and in the Arts’ front page section of The New York Times.

Vilar worked as acquisitions editor for Women and Jewish studies at Syracuse University Press and from 2002 to 2005 served as founder and series editor of The Americas book series published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Currently she is series editor of the Americas at Texas Tech University Press. Today, Vilar is the birth mother of two.

Contact Irene

Agent: Lisa Bankoff at International Creative Management
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Nicole Witt Literarische Agentur Mertin inh. Nicole Witt
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For publicity please contact:
Suzanne Williams
Shreve Williams Public Relations
908-955-4060
suzanne@shrevewilliams.com
and
Terry L. Akers
Other Press
(212) 414-0054
terrie@otherpress.com
If you are a member of a U.S. university group and you want to bring Irene Vilar to your U.S. campus, please get in touch with Vilar’s U.S. university speaking agent.

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