Fiction. HIDDEN PLACE has, in its Norte Americano and Mexican players, some of the most three-dimensional--tempted to say four-dimensional--stand-up-and-walk-on-their-own characters to be found in contemporary fiction. When you catch your breath at the end of this one-of-a-kind story, you will feel that you understand much more clearly America's mighty, yet ambiguous place in the world"--John Schultz. Author Shawn Shiflett, a professor in the fiction writing department at Colombia College Chicago, was born and raised in Chicago.