Born in 1962, Inês Pedrosa earned a degree in communication sciences from the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa before earning several journalism awards through her work in the press, on the radio, and on television. Her weekly column in the Portuguese national newspaper Expresso was awarded the 2007 Prize for Parity for Citizenship and Gender Equality. She currently contributes to two culture-focused radio shows and a public television show and also works as a literary translator (notably of the work of Milan Kundera). In 2017, she founded her own publishing house, Sibila. She is the author of In Your Hands (Pedrosa's English-language debut and winner of the 1997 Prémio Máxima de Literatura in Portugal); A eternidade e o desejo (Eternity and Desire, finalist for the 2009 Portugal Telecom Award and the 2010 Prémio Correntes d'Escritas); and Os íntimos (The Intimates, winner of the 2012 Prémio Máxima de Literatura). For more information about the author, visit www.inespedrosa.com.