Cristina Henriquez

Cristina Henríquez is a Panamanian-American author whose literary fiction explores immigration, identity, and the Latino experience in America. She is the author of The Book of Unknown Americans, which was a bestseller and one of the most acclaimed novels about immigration in recent years. The Great Divide is a historical novel set during the construction of the Panama Canal, exploring the human cost of one of the greatest engineering projects in history through the lives of the workers, families, and communities who built it. Henríquez brings her characteristic empathy and literary skill to a story of ambition, exploitation, and resilience. The audiobook version, narrated by Robin Miles, brings this sweeping historical novel to vivid life. Both versions offer listeners and readers a powerful, important work of historical fiction. Henríquez's work appeals to readers who appreciate novels that illuminate forgotten histories through deeply human storytelling.