Maria da Conceição Evaristo de Brito (born 29 November 1946) is a Brazilian writer.

[2] She was born into a humble family and is the second oldest of nine siblings, being the first in her household to earn a university degree.

[5][6] She is a first cousin of Macaé Evaristo, the current Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship under the Lula government.

[7] Conceição was born in a favela in the southern area of Belo Horizonte, to a very poor family with nine brothers and her mother.

[10] In 2018, she was nominated for a chair at the Brazilian Academy of Letters, and lost to filmmaker Cacá Diegues by 22 votes to 1.