“A masterfully wrought thriller road trip from El Paso, Texas to Kent, Connecticut... Troncoso writes about the new pilgrims of this country. Those who some are calling vermin or saying that immigrants are poisoning the blood of this country. In other words, those people who some people would call nobody’s children.... These immigrants—like Turi, Molly, and Arnulfo—represent as Troncoso has confirmed in his writing and lectures the best values of this country. They show us what it means to work hard and make it on your own. They show us the importance of fighting for your place. They show us that we need each other and we must help others to succeed.”
https://chjournal.com/chapter-house-blog/2024/11/15/book-review-of-nobodys-pilgrims-written-by-sergio-troncoso-by-rey-m-rodrguezSunday, November 24, 2024
IAIA Chapter House Journal's Review of Nobody's Pilgrims
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Latino Book Chat with Sergio Troncoso
"Troncoso delivers a surprisingly fast-paced, character-driven story....A sublime, diverse cast drives this tale of looking for a safe, welcoming home." —Kirkus Reviews
https://www.podpage.com/latino-book-chat/51-teenage-fugitives-deadly-cargo-sergio-troncoso/#play
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Audio Book: Nobody's Pilgrims
---Bob Dunton, El Paso Matters
---Ben Fountain, PEN/Hemingway award-winning author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Monday, August 7, 2023
El Paso Matters Book Club Meeting: Nobody's Pilgrims
What a great El Paso Matters Book Club meeting! We has 70-plus in attendance, according to the library staff, and I signed dozens of books and answered great questions about NOBODY’S PILGRIMS! Thank you, El Paso Matters, Literarity Book Shop, the staff at the Sergio Troncoso Branch Library in El Paso, Texas. I love the interactions we had and the stories we shared with each other.
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Nobody's Pilgrims: "Love at First Sight."
Book review of NOBODY'S PILGRIMS in El Paso Matters, by Bob Dunton:
“The first time I finished Sergio Troncoso’s “Nobody’s Pilgrims,” I realized that I was absent-mindedly petting the cover. His characters had somehow taken up residence in my heart. It was love at first sight.

Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Q&A with El Paso Matters Book Club on Nobody's Pilgrims
https://elpasomatters.org/2023/06/14/el-paso-matters-book-club-qa-sergio-troncoso-nobodys-pilgrims/
Monday, June 5, 2023
Nobody's Pilgrims is El Paso Matters Book Club's Summer Selection
Pick
you your copy of Nobody's Pilgrims at Literarity Book Shop for the El Paso Matters Book Club's summer selection. My favorite independent
bookstore in El Paso, Texas! I'll see you at the Troncoso Branch Library (9321 Alameda Avenue in El Paso) on
Saturday, July 29, 4 PM.
"Troncoso delivers a surprisingly fast-paced, character-driven story. For example, readers watch Turi evolve from a meek 16-year-old loner to a capable young man who genuinely cares for his 'semi-friend' Arnulfo. At the same time, the road trip keeps the tightly plotted narrative moving across the country, all while villains (there are quite a few) close in. The cast also shines, including one criminal henchman harboring a tender affection for his 'hulking giant' of a partner. The author rounds out his memorable tale by touching on contemporary topical issues, like prejudices against caramel skin and undocumented immigrants. A sublime, diverse cast drives this tale of looking for a safe, welcoming home."
---Kirkus Reviews
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Librarians Select Nobody's Pilgrims for Top Ten List of In the Margins Book Awards
"Nobody's Pilgrims offers a stark vision of a country whose social
ills have sullied the path to the pursuit of happiness. Yet its
intrepid protagonists Turi and Molly persevere, charting their own map
and adapting, like generations of dreamers, immigrants, and adventurers
before them, to the latest hurdles of our troubled world. Sergio
Troncoso has given us a timely dystopian tale heavy with anguish but
invigorated by resilience."
--Rigoberto González, author of Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa
https://inthemarginssite.blog/2023/02/09/2023-press-release/
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Brad King Interviews Sergio Troncoso on Nobody's Pilgrims
https://thewritersjam.com/after-party-episode-9-sergio-troncoso/
Monday, September 19, 2022
Words on a Wire Interviews Sergio Troncoso on Nobody's Pilgrims
"I want to challenge, if you want to call it, the Chicano literary imagination. I believe Chicanos should conquer not just places like Austin, not just places like Califas and Los Angeles, but places like Connecticut, places like Massachusetts, places where we are not there traditionally. So, I believe we have to expand our literary imagination and our ambition. We are deeply part of this country, as immigrants, as writers, as people challenging the norms."
Sunday, August 21, 2022
Nobody's Pilgrims Wins Best Novel- Adventure or Drama from ILBA
Last night in LA, Nobody’s Pilgrims won the Gold Medal for Best Novel- Adventure or Drama in English at the International Latino Book Awards. Thank you to Empowering Latino Futures, Las Comadres, and Reforma for this award.
Kirkus Reviews: "Troncoso delivers a surprisingly fast-paced, character-driven story.... A sublime, diverse cast drives this tale of looking for a safe, welcoming home."
Rigoberto González: "Sergio Troncoso has given us a timely dystopian tale heavy with anguish but invigorated by resilience."
Monday, August 1, 2022
Austin Liti Limits Interviews Sergio Troncoso
Scott Semegran of Austin Liti Limits interviews me about Nobody's Pilgrims, the writing craft, the connections between The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Nobody's Pilgrims, and if heaven exists what would I like to hear God say when I arrive at the check-in desk. Stay until the lighting round of questions at the end! I hope you enjoy it.

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Lupita Reads Nobody's Pilgrims
Thank you, Lupita Aquino at Lupita Reads, for interviewing me about Nobody's Pilgrims. One of the questions I answer: If your book was a famous musician, who would it be?
Sergio Troncoso: "Nobody's Pilgrims would be Lil Nas X, because he doesn't fit anywhere exactly, he's constantly pushing across different boundaries of music and audiences, because he doesn't give a damn and just is who he wants to be, without fitting into predetermined boxes in the music industry or the expectations of others. Lil Nas X is creating his own road as he goes, upsetting people, opening people's minds, prompting serious questions about identity and culture, all of it like Nobody's Pilgrims."
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Inklette Magazine's Conversation With Sergio Troncoso
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“A deep freedom of consciousness,” Sergio says, “is what writing is about.” “Damn even yourself,” he says and advises writers not to fall for their own proclivities, judgements and tendencies. He wants to ask the toughest questions of himself, as much as he asks them of others around them and that’s why he loves writing. He said, “Let me be blunt. I don’t even think I know myself.” It’s a huge admission to come from a writer, and it is difficult to do what Sergio wants writers to do: to turn the lens onto our own selves as we do towards others.
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https://inklettemagazine.com/2022/07/19/a-conversation-with-sergio-troncoso/
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Texas Monthly's Profile of Sergio Troncoso
In the August 2022 issue of Texas Monthly:
Nobody’s Pilgrims celebrates outsiders in general and immigrants in particular, an ethos that was central to Troncoso’s recent two-year tenure as president of the Texas Institute of Letters. 'I threw my heart and soul into the TIL,' he says. 'That meant representing all of Texas. We inducted more African Americans than ever before. During my tenure, we gave the Lifetime Achievement Award to Benjamin Alire Sáenz, who probably should have won it ten years ago. And this year we gave it to Celeste Bedford Walker, the first African American to ever win the award. It’s long overdue, in my opinion; she’s a great playwright. The organization truly is morphing into something beyond white guys from Dallas and Austin.'"
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
WKNY Interview of Sergio Troncoso
I loved chatting with Rita Vanacore of WKNY of Kingston, New York. What a great conversation we had about Nobody's Pilgrims, how I started as a writer, my motivations for telling stories about outsiders and the border, and the messages in my novel. Thank you, Rita, for an excellent interview!
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Kirkus Reviews on Nobody's Pilgrims
A sublime, diverse cast drives this tale of looking for a safe, welcoming home."
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sergio-troncoso/nobodys-pilgrims/
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Sergio Troncoso on Nobody's Pilgrims
Nobody's Pilgrims is my latest novel, an adventure story about three seventeen-year-old teenagers (Turi, Arnulfo, and Molly) who find each other and believe in each other, as evil pursues them across the United States. A novel that somewhat predicted the pandemic, Nobody's Pilgrims is set in a dystopian America where grit, intelligence, luck, and love are needed to survive. Here's a brief talk I did on YouTube on the main themes of Nobody's Pilgrims (Lee & Low Books). I hope you enjoy it.
Saturday, June 11, 2022
Diverse Voices Book Review on Nobody's Pilgrims
Thank you Hopeton Hay for interviewing me about Nobody's Pilgrims for Diverse Voices Book Review. What a great conversation we had! I loved it. These are my favorite conversations to have, with someone who loves books and digs deep into the novel and can appreciate the nuances of the characters and places I write about. So grateful!
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/hbhpodcasts/episodes/2022-06-05T05_57_50-07_00