Ana Pessoa

Ana Pessoa (born 1982) is a Portuguese writer of fiction for young adults. Born in Lisbon, she read Modern Languages and Literatures — Portuguese and German — at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, and has lived in Brussels since 2007, where she works as a translator.

Her first book, O Caderno Vermelho da Rapariga Karateca (2012), illustrated by Bernardo Carvalho, won the Branquinho da Fonseca Prize in its juvenile category in 2011; Supergigante followed, and her short fiction has appeared in collections and competitions in Portugal, Spain and Italy. She contributed to the Europa28 anthology.