Facts: - notableworks: '' 's fire '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- bodega dreams '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- '' chango - genre: fiction , non-fiction , journalism - birth date: 1969 - name: ernesto quinonez - nationality: ecuadorian , puerto rican , american - birth place: ecuador - occupation: novelist , professor Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ernesto quinonez .
ernesto quinonez -lrb- born 1969 -rrb- is an american novelist .his work received the barnes & noble discover great new writers designation , the borders bookstore original new voice selection , and was declared a '' notable book of the year '' by '' the new york times '' and the '' los angeles times '' .