María Pérez-Talavera

María Pérez-Talavera (b. 1985 Valencia, Venezuela) is a writer, librarian, and marketing, communications, and information science professional. Her debut novel Eran de Madera (Figures of Wood) won the VI Foro/taller Sagitario Ediciones Prize for a Short Novel in Panama in 2019. The English translation of the novel is forthcoming with What Books Press in 2023. She has also published the short story collection Umbrales líquidos (Foro/taller Sagitario Ediciones, 2015). Her stories, poetry, and essays have been published in various anthologies, magazines, newspapers, and online publications. She lives in Vientiane, Laos.