Born in Rio de Janeiro, Eliana Alves Cruz is a writer and journalist. Her debut novel, Água de Barrela, won the Oliveira Silveira award, from Fundação Palmares, in 2015. She is also the author of O crime do cais do Valongo, Nada digo de ti, que em ti não Veja, and A vestida: contos, which won the Jabuti Award for Best Short Story.
