Guadalupe Nettel was born in Mexico and grew up between Mexico and France.
She is the author of the international award-winning novels The Body Where I Was Born (2011), After the Winter (2014, Herralde Novel Prize) and Still Born (2020, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize). She has also written three collections of short stories, all published by Anagrama. Nettel’s work has been translated into more than fifteen languages and has appeared in publications such as Granta, the White Review, El País, the New York Times, La Repubblica and La Stampa. She currently lives in Mexico City and is the director of the magazine Revista de la Universidad de México. She is the recipient of the El Grand Balam Award for 2024–26.