Ana Menéndez (born 1970 in Los Angeles) is an American writer and journalist.
Menéndez was born to Cuban exile parents who fled to Los Angeles, California in 1964.
Menéndez's parents expected to return to Cuba at any time and prepared their children for this eventuality.
In 2008, Menéndez took a leave of absence from the Miami Herald to accept a Fulbright grant to teach at the American University in Cairo.
The New York Times named it a Notable Book of The Year[6] and the title story won the Pushcart Prize for short fiction.