María Fernanda Ampuero is a writer. She has published two narrative non-fiction books. In 2016 she received the Cosecha Eñe Award. Cockfight (Páginas de Espuma, 2018), her first short story book, was met with overwhelming success. She has been recipient of the first Mad Women Fest 2018 Short Story Prize. In 2021 she published Human Sacrifices (Páginas de Espuma) and she was a finalist for the Tigre Juan Price and The Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer’s Award. Human Sacrifices was one of the ten best horror books of 2023 for The New York Times. Her latest book is Visceral.

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