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Maryse Condé

Maryse Condé is the author of several novels, numerous plays, books of short stories, and essays and articles on African and Caribbean literature.

Colombian writer Melba Escobar writes a column for the Colombian newspapers El Espectador and El País. Her novel “House of Beauty” (Fourth Estate) was chosen as one of the best books of 2016 by the Colombian National Novel Prize.

Marta Lynch

Marta Lynch published seven novels and nine collections of short prose. Her first novel, La alfombra roja (The Red Carpet)(1962), won the Fabril Prize and was instantly popular. La señora Ordóñez (Mrs. Ordóñez) (1967), was just as successful and was eventually adapted for television (1984).

Nadia López García

Nadia López García is the author of the poetry collections Ñu’ú Vixo /Tierra mojada (2018), Tikuxi Kaa/El Tren (2019), Isu ichi/ El camino del venado (2020) and Dorsal (2021).

Nélida Piñon

Nélida Piñon is the author of more than a dozen books, including novels, essays and memoirs.

Lygia Fagundes Telles

Brazilian author

Julia Álvarez

Julia Alvarez’s “In the Time of the Butterflies” (Algonquin) made her an international sensation. The book details the lives of four sisters living under the dictatorship of the Dominican Republic’s Rafael Trujillo.

Julieta Campos

Julieta Campos was a postmodernist novelist, short story writer, critic, and translator.

Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Novelist Kali Fajardo-Anstine is a 2020 winner of an American Book Award and finalist for the National Book Award.

Laura Restrepo

Laura Restrepo is the author of nine novels, essay volumes and a poetry collection for children.