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**Gabriela Cabezón Cámara** was born in Buenos Aires in 1968. Her debut novel _La virgen cabeza_ (published in English as Slum Virgin by Charco Press) was followed by _Romance de la negra rubia_ (Romance of the Black Blonde, 2014) as well as by two collections of short stories. In 2011 she published the novella _Le viste la cara a Dios_(You've Seen God's Face), later republished as a graphic novel, _Beya_ (Biutiful), illustrated by Iñaki Echeverría. Beya was awarded the Argentine Senate's Alfredo Palacios Prize and was recognised by the Buenos Aires City Council and the Congress of Buenos Aires Province for its social and cultural significance as well as for its contribution in the fight against human trafficking. During 2013, she was writer-in-residence at UC Berkeley, and in 2019 she was part of the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin. Her latest novel, _The Adventures of China Iron_ was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker International Prize. **Frances Riddle** was born in the US and now lives in Buenos Aires, where she works as a translator, writer and editor. Her book-length publications include _A Simple Story_ by Leila Guerriero (2017); _Bodies of Summer_ by Martín Felipe Castagnet (2017) and _The Life and Deaths of Ethel Jurado_ (2017). Her translations, interviews, articles and reviews have appeared in _The White Review_ , _Asymptote_ , _The Short Story Project_ , _Palabras Errantes_ and _The Argentina Independent_ , among others.