Jazmina Barrera

Born in Mexico City,^[1] she studied modern English literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and received an MA in creative writing in Spanish from New York University on a Fulbright Scholarship. Her work has appeared in prestigious publications such as The Paris Review, El País, Malpensante, The New York Times and Letras Libres.^[3] She was a fellow of the Foundation for Mexican Letters in 2012 and 2014. In 2013 she won the Latin American Voices Prize for Cuerpo extraño. In 2015 she co-founded Ediciones Antílope with Isabel Zapata, Marina Azahua, Astrid López Méndez and César Tejeda.^[4]

In 2021 she received a grant from the Young Creators Programme of the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA) and was selected for a residency at Casa Estudio Cien Años de Soledad. She lives in Mexico City. She is married to the Chilean writer Alejandro Zambra, with whom she has a son.^[2]

• On Lighthouses. Two Lines Press. May 12, 2020 ISBN 9781949641011
• Linea Nigra. Two Lines Press. May 3, 2022. ISBN 9781949641585
• Cross-Stitch. Two Lines Press. November 7, 2023. ISBN 9781949641530
• The Queen of Swords. Two Lines Press. November 11, 2025 ISBN 9781949641875