Member of the List of Bogotá 39-2017: the best Latin American writers under 39

‘Next Generation Award’, 2019 from the Prince Claus Foundation

Shortlisted for the National Book Award, 2022

Bachelor degree in Communication Studies with a mention in Literature, she also has a Master in Creative Writing and Culture’s Theory and Criticism. She taught at the Catholic University in Santiago de Guayaquil.

She lives in Madrid.

She published the novels Nefando in 2016, which received spectacular reviews, La desfiguración Silva, Alba Narrative Prize in 2014, and Doce cuentos iberoamericanos in 2013. She published the story Caninos in 2017, and was also included in the anthology Emergencias. With her first poetry book, El ciclo de las piedras, she won the Desembarco National Poetry Prize in 2015.

​Mónica Ojeda has at her disposal the most enviable combination I can imagine, and she has it in spades: a lucid mind, an exacting language, and a wild heart. Andrés Barba

One of the most powerful Latin American novelists today. Carlos Pardo, Babelia, El País

A breath of fresh air shaking the Latin American literature. Xavi Ayén, La Vanguardia

One of the greatest promises among the new generations of Latin American writers. Juan Ángel Juristo, ABC

She might become addictive. Ricardo Baixeras, El Periódico de Catalunya

One of the indispensable names from the Latin American new narrative. David Pérez Vega, Revista Eñe

An aesthetic and emotional literary impact. Mariana Enríquez

This author’s present is heading towards a fierce future. Ricardo Baixeras, El Periódico

Works

Chamanes eléctricos en la fiesta del sol. Novel, 2024
Las voladoras. Short stories, 2020
Historia de la Leche. Poetry, 2020
Mandíbula. Novel, 2018
Nefando. Novel, 2016