Karina Sainz Borgo (born 1982, Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan journalist and writer who has lived in Spain since 2006.
Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages,[1] and her stories have been published in magazines such as Granta en español [es].
[3] Along with authors such as Keila Vall de la Ville, Rodrigo Blanco Calderón, Michelle Roche Rodríguez [es], María Elena Morán [es], and Camilo Pino, she is part of what critics have called the "literature of the diaspora" or "exodus".
[8] She is a cultural journalist and author of journalism books such as Caracas hip-hop (2007) and Tráfico y Guaire, el país y sus intelectuales (2007).
[14][15] Her 2023 fantasy novel, La isla del Doctor Schubert, with illustrations by Natàlia Pàmies,[16] was a finalist for the Grand Continent Prize in 2023.