Ave Barrera (Guadalajara, Mexico, 1980) holds a BA in Hispanic Literature from the University of Guadalajara, and for several years worked as an editor in Oaxaca. Ave has been awarded fellowships from the Fundación Carolina to study publishing at the Complutense University of Madrid and the Young Creators Grant for Novel (2010 and 2014) from the Mexican National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA). She has worked as a copywriter for e-media and as a ghostwriter. She also writes short stories and published an illustrated children's book, Una noche en el laberinto (A Night in the Labyrinth, 2014). She was recipient of the Sergio Galindo Award from the Veracruz University with her first novel Puertas demasiado pequeñas (The Forgery). She currently lives in Mexico City and is writing a new novel, Tratado de la vida marina (A Treatise of Marine Life) with support from FONCA. Her latest novel was published in 2019 in Mexico and Spain under the title Restauración (Restoration).