Martha Batalha is the author of the novels The Invisible Life or Euridice Gusmão, The Castle of Ipanema, Paper Rain and Fearless Liz. 

The film based on her first novel - Invisible Life - won the Un Certain Regard’s Award in Cannes and was Brazil’s submission for the Oscars 2019. Prior to her writing career, Martha was a reporter and a publisher. 

 

She was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and Oceanos, and shortlisted for Jabuti and Premio São Paulo. Martha writes cronicas at O Globo and has been a contributor to Piaui Magazine. Her books have been published in over twenty countries. 

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