Luciana De Luca (b. 1978, Buenos Aires) studied communication sciences and worked as a journalist for many years. She has published a short-story collection and two novels, Otras cosas por las que llorar (2021; Other things to cry about) and El amor es un monstruo de Dios (2023; Love is one of God’s monsters). De Luca has also written over a dozen titles for children, several of which have won awards and been translated into English.