Kelly Martínez-Grandal (Cuba, 1980) is a poet, essayist, editor, and curator of photography, currently working as Production Editor for Penguin Random House, Miami. She holds a bachelor’s degree in art history from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), where she also completed a Master’s in Comparative Literature and worked as a professor. She has published the poetry collections Medulla Oblongata (CAAW Ediciones, 2017) and Zugunruhe (Katakana Editores, 2020), as well as the short story collection Muerte con campanas (Suburbano Ediciones, 2021).