Alia Trabucco Zerán

Alia Trabucco Zerán (born 26 August 1983) is a Chilean writer.

She has an MFA in creative writing in Spanish from New York University and a PhD in Spanish and Latin American studies from University College London.

Her debut novel ''La Resta'' (''The Remainder'') was critically acclaimed and won the 2014 Chilean Council for the Arts prize for Best Unpublished Literary Work. In 2015, it was chosen by ''El País'' as one of the ten best debut novels that year. It was translated into English by Sophie Hughes and published by And Other Stories in 2018. ''The Remainder'' was shortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize.

Her book ''When Women Kill'' was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle award in criticism. and winner of the 2022 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. Her latest book is ''Limpia'' ("Clean"). Provided by Wikipedia