(Santiago, 1970) Journalist and Doctor in Literature. She has published the novels
En voz baja, Ciudadano en retiro, Cansado ya del sol, Dile que no estoy and
El sistema del tacto; the short story books
Últimos fuegos, Animales domésticos, Había una vez un pájaro and
Imposible salir de la Tierra, and the non-fiction
Cruce de peatones. She was awarded the 2008 Anna Seghers Literary Prize for the best Latin American author of the year in Germany.
El sistema del tacto was shortlisted for the 2018 Herralde Novel Prize. In 2019, she published
Impossible to leave the earth.