Pía Barros left Melipilla, the city where she grew up, "without sorrow", together with "a good girl's destiny and the memory of the mare to which, from the age of seven, she told her poems.

[2] Pía Barros, who declares herself "a very honored feminist",[3] has stood out for her short stories, although she has also written some novels.

In addition, she has published some 30 object books with literary material illustrated by prominent Chilean graphic artists, which have earned her the FONDART (National Fund for Cultural Development and the Arts [es]) fellowship on two occasions.

Her stories have been published in more than 30 anthologies, from countries such as Chile, Germany, Costa Rica, Ecuador, the United States (some translated by Martha Manier, Diane Russell, Analisa Taylor, Amanda Powell, Jacquline Nanfito, Resha Cardone, and Jane Griffin), France, Italy, Russia, and Venezuela.

In Chile, they share a publication with stories by writers such as Roberto Bolaño, Alberto Fuguet, Antonio Skarmeta, Diamela Eltit, and Isabel Allende.