Cristina Rivera Garza

Cristina Rivera Garza (born October 1, 1964) is a Mexican author and professor known for her fiction and memoir. Multiple novels, including Nadie me verá llorar, received Mexico's highest literary awards and international honors. Born in the state of Tamaulipas, near the Mexico–U.S. border, she is a teacher and a writer who has worked in both Mexico and the United States. She taught history and creative writing at various universities and institutions, including the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Tec de Monterrey, Campus Toluca, and University of California, San Diego, but currently holds a position at the University of Houston. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2020, and other recent accolades include the Juan Vicente Melo National Short Story Award, the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, and the Anna Seghers Prize.