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Samanta Schweblin Author

Samanta Schweblin is the author of the novel Fever Dream, a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize, as well as the novel Little Eyes and story collection Mouthful of Birds, both longlisted for the same prize. Her work has won numerous other prestigious awards including the José Donoso Ibero-American Prize for Letters, 2022, and has been translated into thirty-five languages. Her writing has appeared in English in The New Yorker and Harper’s Magazine. Originally from Buenos Aires, Schweblin now lives in Berlin.

Megan McDowell has translated books by many contemporary South American and Spanish authors, and her translations have been published in The New Yorker, Harper's and The Paris Review. She lives in Chile.