Brenda Lozano

Brenda Lozano (born 1981) is a Mexican writer best known for her novel Loop which received an English PEN Translates Grant.

She has published three novels, Todo nada, Cuaderno ideal, and Brujas, as well as a book of short fiction Cómo piensan las piedras.

[2][3] On August 16, 2021 Brenda Lozano was posted to the Mexican embassy in Spain as a cultural attaché.

[4] Only four days later, however, president Andrés Manuel López Obrador complained Lozano had previously been critical of his policies and rescinded the appointment.

[6] In 2022, Brujas was translated into English by Lozano's friend[7] Heather Cleary for MacLehose Press (UK) and Catapult Books (US).