Liliana Lara is a Venezuelan writer. She was born in Caracas, in 1971. She has published two books of short fiction: Los jardines de Salomón (2008 and 2014) and Trampa – jaula (2015). Her first book has won the prize for narrative of the XVI José Antonio Ramos Sucre Literary Biennial in Venezuela. Stories and articles by her have been translated into English, German and Polish, and have appeared in various periodicals and anthologies. Liliana Lara is a PhD in Ibero-American Literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and currently lives in Israel.
*Photo: Jacqueline Zilberberg.