Fernanda Tr�as was born in Uruguay and is the award-winning author of three novels, two of which have been published in English. She is also the author of the short story collection No so�ar�s flores and the chapbook El regreso. A writer and instructor of creative writing, she holds an MFA in creative writing from New York University. She was awarded the National Uruguayan Literature Prize, The Critics' Choice Award Bartolom� Hidalgo, and the Sor Juana In�s de la Cruz International Prize in Mexico for her novel Pink Slime. Both The Rooftop and Pink Slime were awarded the British PEN Translates Award, and Pink Slime was chosen by The New York Times in Spanish as one of the ten best books of 2020. Translation rights for her work have been sold in fifteen languages. She currently lives in Bogot�, Colombia, where she is a teacher at the creative writing MFA program of Instituto Caro y Cuervo. In 2017, she was selected as Writer-in-Residence at the Casa de Vel�zquez in Madrid, where she started writing her latest novel, Pink Slime. Heather Cleary is an assistant professor of Spanish at Sarah Lawrence College. She has published seven books in translation, including two books by Sergio Chejfec; The Dark, which was shortlisted for the National Translation Award; and The Planets, which was a finalist for the Best Translated Book Award. Frankie Corzo is a film and voice-over actress and audiobook narrator. She obtained a BA degree in theater studies from Montclair State University.