Mónica Lavín (born August 22, 1955) is a Mexican author of eleven novels, various books of nonfiction, and thirteen short story collections, notable among them Ruby Tuesday no ha muerto (1996 recipient of the Gilberto Owen National Literary Prize); Uno no sabe (2003, finalist for the Antonin Artaud award); and her most recent collection, La corredora de Cuemanco y el aficionado a Schubert (Punto de Lectura, 2008).

[4] Her best known works include Café cortado, awarded best book of the year (Premio Narrativa de Colima 2001)[5][6] and La más faulera[7] (Grijalbo), a novel for young readers that has been reprinted several times.

[5] Her novel Despertar los apetitos (Alfaguara, 2005), combines Lavín's passions for food and travel and is based on her trip across Canada on the Transcanadian Railway as a gastronomy journalist.

[3][5] Her book of essays Leo luego escribo: ideas for enjoying reading (Lectorum, 2000) was chosen for the National Classroom Library Program.

[2] As a documentary screenwriter, Lavín received the Pantalla de Cristal Award (2010) for coauthoring "Bajo la región más transparente"[11] about Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes.

[3][4][13] She writes for the cultural section of the El Universal newspaper, Fahrenheit art magazine, and interviews writers for public television in Mexico.