Lina María Parra Ochoa (Medellín, Colombia) is the author of the short story collections Malas posturas (2018), Llorar sobre leche derramada (2020), and The Hand that Heals (2023). She holds a degree in Philosophy and Literature and a Masters degree in Latin American Studies from Leiden University, and teaches literature and creative writing.

Maureen Shaughnessy is a writer and translator from Spanish. Her work has appeared in The Paris Review , Brick , AGNI and Asymptote . In 2023, her translation of Belén López Peiró's Why Did You Come Back Every Summer received an English PEN Translates Award. She lives in Bariloche, Argentina.