Jazmina Barrera is a writer born in Mexico City in 1988. She was a fellow at the Foundation for Mexican Letters and in Mexico’s FONCA Program for Young Writers, and she is a member of the SNCA (National System of Art Creators in Mexico). She was also a resident at Casa Estudio Cien Años de Soledad. Her work has appeared in print and digital publications including The Paris Review, El Malpensante, Words Without Borders, El País, and the New York Times. She holds a master’s degree in Creative Writing in Spanish from New York University, which she completed with the support of a Fulbright grant.
She is the author of several books in Spanish, including Cuerpo extraño, Cuaderno de faros, Linea nigra, the children’s book Los nombres de los animales, Punto de cruz, and La reina de espadas. She has also co-written Nuestro plan de fiesta (with Camila Fabbri) and Rituales para la amistad (with Daniela Rea and Elvira Liceaga). Her books have been published in twelve countries and translated into English, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, German, and French.
Her book of essays Cuerpo extraño (Foreign Body) received the Latin American Voices Prize from Literal Publishing in 2013. Cuaderno de faros (On Lighthouses) was longlisted for the von Rezzori Award and selected for the Indie Next List by IndieBound. Linea nigra was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Autobiography Prize, the CANIEM Book of the Year Award, and the Amazon Primera Novela Award. Punto de cruz (Cross-Stitch) was a finalist for the Cálamo Awards, longlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize, and shortlisted for the Queen Sofía Award. The Queen of Swords was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Cercador Prize. Barrera is editor and co-founder of Ediciones Antílope and lives in Mexico City.