Dr. Irene Blea
| Gender | Female |
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| Industry | Engineering |
| Occupation | Author and lecturer |
| Location | Burque, New Mexco, United States |
| Introduction | I wrote academic textbooks and articles for 27 years. After I retired I decided to continue writing poetry and social-historical novels. My next novel, Poor People's Flowers (ABQ Press), is the second in a trilogy. The first book is titled Suzanna. It's the story of a young woman forced to marry an older man in 1920's New Mexico, In the second book, Suzanna looks for the sons she left behind when she ran away from her husband. |
| Interests | Gardening, Cacti and Succulent collecting, and Travel |
| Favorite movies | Australia, The Help, Under the Tuscan Sun, Austrailia, Memoirs of a Geisha, Milagro Beanfield War, The Last Emporer, Seven Years in Tibet |
| Favorite music | Spanish, Country, Southwest Folk |
| Favorite books | The Death of Artemio Cruz and Aura by Carlos Fuentes, House of Spirits by Isabel Allende |