Mónica Ojeda (b. 1988, Ecuador) was named one of Granta’s Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists 2021 and was the featured author in Latin American Literature Today’s issue 25. Jawbone, in Sarah Booker’s translation, was a finalist for a National Book Award in 2022. Jawbone, Nefando (2023), and Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun (May 2026) are published by Coffee House Press. Historia de la leche (2020) is her second book of poetry.