Giovanna Rivero

Giovanna Rivero (Bolivia) is a writer. She earned her doctorate in Hispano-American Literature at the University of Florida. She is the author of the short story collections Para comerte mejor (2015, 2018 Dante Alighieri Prize and finalist for the 2021 Celsius and 2021 Guillermo de Baskerville Prizes), Ricomporre amorevoli Scheletri (2020), and Tierra fresca de su tumba (2020, BancoSol Prize for Best Book Published in Bolivia, 2021), among others. Her novel 98 segundos sin sombra (2014, Audiobook Narration Prize) was adapted for film by Bolivian director Juan Pablo Richter. In 2004 she participated in the Iowa International Writing Program and in 2007 she received a Fulbright grant. In 2005 she received the Franz Tamayo National Short Story Prize. In 2011 she was selected by the Guadalajara International Book Fair as one of “The 25 Best-Kept Literary Secrets of Latin America” and in 2015 she was awarded the “Cosecha Eñe” International Short Story Prize. Rivero has published several research articles on Latin American science fiction, and she coordinates online creative writing workshops. Along with Magela Baudoin and Mariana Ríos, she directs Editorial Mantis, which publishes the work of Hispano-American women writers. https://giovannarivero.com/