Dreaming of Her

Dreaming of Her

About the Book

In partnership with Texas Monthly, Pamela Colloff's "Dreaming of Her" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program.

On March 31, 1995, South Texas came to a standstill as the shocking news spread that the hugely popular Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla Perez had been shot and killed in Corpus Christi. She was a girl from the barrio whose voice won her a Grammy, sold millions of albums, and turned her into a sensation unlike any other. When she was murdered, Selena seemed to take with her the aspirations of fans across the globe.

Fifteen years later, in this exclusive oral history, her family, bandmates, and friends recall the life and devastating death of a star who still mesmerizes us all.
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About the Author

Pamela Colloff
PAMELA COLLOFF is a reporter at ProPublica and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Prior to joining ProPublica and the Times in 2017, she was an executive editor and staff writer at Texas Monthly. Her work has also appeared in The New Yorker and has been anthologized in Best American Magazine Writing, Best American Crime Reporting, Best American Non-Required Reading, and Next Wave: America’s New Generation of Great Literary Journalists. Colloff holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Brown University. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and their two children. More by Pamela Colloff
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Staci Snell
Staci Snell is a voice-over actor who has narrated multiple audiobooks.  Her television credits include The Shield, The Division, and American Crime. She has also voiced commercials for Dell, Microsoft, Frito Lay, Whole Foods, and the US Navy.  She lives in Austin, Texas. More by Staci Snell
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