Cristina Jurado

Cristina Jurado is a bilingual (English/Spanish) author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and other hybrid genres, as well as editor and translator. She studied Advertising and Public Relations at Universidad de Sevilla (Spain) and holds a master's degree in Rhetoric from Northwestern University (USA). In 2019 she became the first female author to win the Best Novel Ignotus Award (Spain's Hugo) for her novel Bionautas. Her recent fiction includes the novella CloroFilia and her collection of stories Alphaland. She has edited anthologies such as Alucinadas, Spanish Women of Wonder, WhiteStar, Infiltradas, and The Apex Book of World SF #5. In 2020, the European Science Fiction Society (ESFS) honored her with the Best European SF Promoter Award.