Claudia Piñeiro was born in Burzaco, Buenos Aires province. She has won numerous literary prizes, including the German LiBeraturpreis and the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for Las grietas de Jara. Five of her novels have been translated into English by Bitter Lemon Press and Charco Press, as well as adapted into feature films. In 2022, her novel Elena Knows was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.