Tony R. Rodriguez

{{short description|American novelist}}

Tony R. Rodriguez is an American novelist residing in the Bay Area of California. He is the former board chairman of the literary collective PEN Oakland,{{cite web|title=Pen Oakland Board|url=http://www.penoakland.com/pen-oakland-board/|website=Pen Oakland}} a chapter of Pen America Center, which is an affiliate of PEN International. His novels have been published in Scotland and the United States of America. They include the best-selling titles Under These Stars (Beatdom Books, 2014){{cite web|title=Under These Stars|url=http://www.beatdom.com/under-these-stars/|website=Beatdom Books}} and When I Followed the Elephant (Cauliay Publishing and Distribution, 2011).{{cite book|title=When I Followed the Elephant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aCsrKQEACAAJ| isbn=9780956462473 | last1=Rodriguez | first1=Tony R. | year=2011 }} His books have been studied at various high schools and universities, including the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, formerly known as the University of Texas-Pan American.{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5907c7e26a4963cec495c5e0/t/5b2a73962b6a28ba841eb192/1529508759502/Contemporary+American+Fiction.pdf|title=English 3398—Contemporary American Fiction|website=Pen Oakland}} Rodriguez has also been published in various anthologies and literary journals. His works have been widely reviewed, especially through the East Bay Review,{{cite web|title=Under These Stars|url=http://theeastbayreview.com/824/|website=The East Bay Review}} View From Here magazine,{{cite web|title=Review: When I Followed the Elephant by Tony R Rodriguez|url=http://www.viewfromheremagazine.com/2011/09/review-when-i-followed-elephant-by-tony.html|website=View From Here Magazine}} as well as local Bay Area press.{{cite web|title=News in brief for the Aug. 14 Fremont Bulletin|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2015/08/13/news-in-brief-for-the-aug-14-fremont-bulletin/|website=The Mercury News}} Rodriguez has been featured in many Bay Area literary festivals, including LitQuake,{{cite web|title=LitQuake Oct. 7-15th|url=http://www.jmek.net/lq2013b/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Litquake2011program-0920.pdf|website=jmek.net|accessdate=3 May 2017}} the Oakland Book Festival{{cite web|title=MANHATTANIZATION OF OAKLAND'S LITERARY SCENE|url=http://www.oaklandbookfestival.org/2015-festival-programming/anization-of-oaklands-literary-scene}} and 100,000 Poets for Change.{{cite web|title=Fairfax, California|url=http://www.100tpcmedia.org/100TPC2012/2012/07/fairfax-california/|website=100 Thousand Poets For Change}}