Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa (September 26, 1942 – May 15, 2004) was an award-winning American radical feminist writer. She died from diabetes. Before she died she had been writing a book. She edited "This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color" with Cherríe Moraga. Her most well known book is "Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza". She was born in the Rio de Grande valley of south Texas. She was a lesbian. She wrote books for children in English and Spanish. They are illustrated by Consuelo Mendez.