Jennine Capó Crucet is an American novelist and short story writer.

She is currently an Associate Professor of English and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska.

[2] Capó Crucet is best known for her short story collection How to Leave Hialeah which focuses on her experiences as a Cuban-American woman growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Miami.

[5][6] This book became the subject of controversy when students at Georgia Southern University burned a copy on a grill after a question-and-answer session by Capó Crucet.

Capó Crucet's 2024 novel Say Hello to My Little Friend was published to positive review, with the New York Times calling it "an impossible-to-define but highly digestible novel about Cuban heritage, migration, motherhood and the heartbreaking way young men float through life lost and desperate for meaning".