Mariana Torres (born 1981) is a Brazilian writer and film director.

Her first book, a short story collection titled El cuerpo secreto, was published in 2015, and her work has been anthologized in many publications.

She is a founder member of Escuela de Escritores, a creative writing institute.

[citation needed] In 2017, she was named as one of the Bogota39, a selection of the best young writers in Latin America.

The other 38 included Samanta Schweblin, Gabriela Jauregui from Mexico, Liliana Colanzi from Bolivia and the Argentinians María José Caro and Lola Copacabana.