Aran Shetterly

Aran Shetterly has worked with his father, Robert Shetterly, on digital, educational, and organizational strategy for Americans Who Tell the Truth organization since 2004.

Currently, he’s working on a book about the 1979 “Greensboro (North Carolina) Massacre.” This project, under contract with Amistad/HarperCollins, has received support in the form of fellowships with Virginia Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts.

His first book, THE AMERICANO: Fighting with Castro for Cuba’s Freedom, was described in a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly: “William Morgan, an American who made his way to the front line of Castro’s revolution in Cuba, gets thorough and entertaining treatment in this biography. Largely unknown in the U.S., his story is filled with the suspense of a blockbuster war movie, offering new and insightful perspective into the political climate of 1950s Cuba.”

From 2005 to 2009, he founded, edited, and wrote for Inside Mexico, which became the most widely distributed English-language periodical in Mexico, publishing long-form articles on such topics as the history of African-Mexicans, the impact of NAFTA, and the “third-culture” that has developed along the Mexican-American border.

Aran grew up in rural Maine, studied English Literature and Spanish Language and Culture at Harvard College, and earned an MA in American and New England Studies from the University of Southern Maine.