Luciana Sousa (born 1986) is an

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writer. Her debut novel was called ''Luro'' ( Editorial Funesiana, 2016). In 2017, at the

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she was named as one of the best

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n writers under 39 as part of the Bogota39 project on the basis of that novel. The other 38 included

Samanta Schweblin Samanta Schweblin (born 1978) is an Argentine author currently based in Berlin, Germany. She has published three collections of short stories, a novella and a novel, besides stories that have appeared in anthologies and magazines such as ''The Ne ...

, the Brazilians Mariana Torres and

Gabriela Jauregui Gabriela Jauregui (born 1979) is a Mexican writer, poet and critic. Life Jauregui was born in 1979 and raised in Mexico City. She obtained an MFA from UC Riverside, an MA from UC Irvine and a PhD in comparative literature from the University of ...

Liliana Colanzi Liliana Colanzi Serrate (born 1981) is a Bolivian writer. Life Colanzi was born in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, in 1981, and studied at the Private University of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (UPSA) and the University of Cambridge. She obtained a doctorate i ...

from Bolivia,

Mónica Ojeda Mónica Ojeda Franco (born 17 May 1988) is an Ecuadorian writer. A native of Guayaquil, she obtained her bachelor's degree from the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, followed by a master's degree from the Universidad Pompeu Fabra de ...

from Ecuador and fellow Argentines

María José Caro María José Caro (born Lima, 1985) is a Peruvian writer. Life Caro was born in Lima in 1985. She has a master's degree from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She has published three books, including two short story collections - ''¿Qué t ...

and

Lola Copacabana Inés Gallo de Urioste (born Buenos Aires, 1980), better known by her pseudonym Lola Copacabana or Lolita Copacabana, is an Argentine writer, translator and editor. Life She was born in Buenos Aires in 1980. She became known through her blog '' ...

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