Laia Jufresa

When she was only six, she moved to a very rural area in Mexico where she began to read avidly, especially English books that her grandfather would send her.
Later she lived in France, Spain, Argentina, and Germany.
She took a master's degree in illustration. In Mexico, she studied at Mario Bellatin's Escuela Dinámica de Escritores (Dynamic School of Writers) and was awarded the two grants for young writers from the [http://www.elem.mx/institucion/editorial/917/1696/false/anio Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas] (the Foundation for Mexican Literature) and the FONCA (the National Fund for Culture and the Arts). Her work has been in anthologies such as ''Un nuevo modo, Antología de narrativa mexicana actual'' (A new way, Anthology of Mexican current narrative, UNAM, 2013), ''Muestra de literatura joven de México'' (Sample of young literature of Mexico, FLM, 2008) and ''Los mejores Poemas Mexicanos 2006'' (The Best Mexican Poems 2006). Her book ''El esquinista'' (The cornerist) was awarded an honorable mention in the National Prize for Short Story San Luis Potosí 2012. Provided by Wikipedia
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