About
Gina María Balibrera is a Salvadoran-American writer whose fiction explores history, cultural memory, displacement, and the experiences of communities whose stories have been marginalised. She earned an MFA in Prose from the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program, where she also served as a postgraduate fellow. Her writing has appeared in publications including Boston Review, Latino Book Review, and Pleiades. Balibrera has received several fellowships and awards, including the Aura Estrada Prize, the Tyson Award, and the Under the Volcano Sandra Cisneros Fellowship. Her debut novel, The Volcano Daughters, reimagines El Salvador’s history through Indigenous women’s experiences, weaving together political violence, mythology, and magical realism. The novel received critical acclaim for its imaginative storytelling and its powerful portrayal of sisterhood, resistance, and the lasting legacy of historical trauma. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her family.
