Author Bryan Allen Fierro discusses his short story collection book Dodger Blue Will Fill Your Soul and the people and experiences that have influenced his writing. An acclaimed writer, Bryan Allen Fierro brings to life stories that encompass Latino cultural expectations, saints, and Dodger baseball. The enchanting language and skillful writing recreate the sounds of people of East L.A. who become familiar as family. Bryan Allen Fierro is recipient of the 2013 Maureen Egen Writer’s Exchange Award for fiction. He grew up in Los Angeles and now splits his time between L.A. and Anchorage, Alaska, where he works as a firefighter and paramedic. He holds an MFA from Pacific University in Oregon