Guadalupe Nettel was born in Mexico and grew up “between Mexico and France.” She is the author of the 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), and three collections of short stories.
She was editor of the prestigious Revista de la Universidad de México (2017–24) and her work has been translated into more than fifteen languages. She is the recipient of the El Grand Balam Award for 2024–26. In spring 2025, Fitzcarraldo Editions will publish her new story collection, The Accidentals, in an English translation by Rosalind Harvey.
