Claudia Peña Claros (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 1970) is a poet, fiction writer, and essayist. She is the author of four short story collections, two poetry collections, and a novel. Her latest book in Spanish is Antes, en cualquier parte (Parc Editores, 2023). In 2016, she won Bolivia’s Franz Tamayo National Short Fiction Contest. One of her stories, “Verde,” was made into a film by director Rodrigo Bellott.