Melba Escobar
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.
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.
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 is the author of more than a dozen books, including novels, essays and memoirs.
Novelist Kali Fajardo-Anstine is a 2020 winner of an American Book Award and finalist for the National Book Award.
Laura Restrepo is the author of nine novels, essay volumes and a poetry collection for children.
Liliana Colanzi is a writer from Bolivia who has a doctorate in comparative literature from Cornell University, where she teaches.
Argentine poet and essayist
Luisa Valenzuela is the author of ten novels, thirteen collections of short stories and several books of essays.
Brazilian author
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.