About Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara was born in Buenos Aires in 1968. Her debut novel Slum Virgin (Charco, 2017) was followed by Romance de la negra rubia (Romance of the Blonde Brunette ) as well as by two collections of short stories. In 2011 she published the novella Le viste la cara a Dios (You've Seen God's Face ), later turned into a graphic novel, Beya (Biutiful ), illustrated by Iñaki Echeverría. In 2013, she was Writer-in-Residence at the University of California, Berkeley. The Adventures of China Iron, published by Charco Press in 2020, was shortlisted for the International Booker and the Médicis prizes. In addition to being an environmental activist, Cabezón Cámara is one of the leading feminist and LGBTQ+ intellectuals in Latin America. Her most recent novel is We Are Green and Trembling .Frances Riddle has translated numerous Spanish-language authors, including Isabel Allende and Claudia Piñeiro. Her translation of Elena Knows was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2022, and Theatre of War by Andrea Jeftanovic received an English PEN Award in 2020. She lives in Buenos Aires.
