Liliana Valenzuela is the author of Codex of Love: Bendita ternura (FlowerSong Books, 2020) and other works. She is also the acclaimed Spanish language translator of works by Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, Denise Chávez, and other writers. In addition, she is a contributing podcaster at the Hablemos Escritoras podcast, a platform for contemporary women writers of the Spanish-speaking world. A CantoMundo and Macondo fellow, she lives and works in Austin, Texas.