Born in Villavicencio, Colombia in 1962 and raised in Miami, Florida, tatiana de la tierra (she always insisted on lower case) passed away Tuesday. Stanford University's Adan Griego remembers her.

Under the title “Colombiana salerosa”, Stanford University's Adan Griego remembers his friend, the bicultural writer tatiana de la tierra:

“My first recollection of tatiana de la tierra (she always insisted on lower case) was at a Guadalajara Book Fair gathering. The rubenesque, gitana-attired, with funky bright colored glasses and red lipstick came straight at me, from the other side of the room, "I want to get to know you," she said almost in a seductive kind of way!” Read the complete tribute here.