She has published five novels and a short story collection, Caperucita se come al lobo.

In 2007 she was chosen by Hay Festival as one of the Bogota39, a selection of the most promising young writers in Latin America.

Her screenplay Lavaperros, written with Antonio García Ángel, has won two grants by Fondo para el Desarrollo Cinematográfico, Proimágenes, and the Premio Manuel Barba of Huelva's Press Association for best script in 2020.

In 2021 her novel Los abismos won the Premio Alfaguara de Novela and was translated into several languages.

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