Biography
Lourdes Rodríguez Becerra (Montevideo, 1984) studied communications and went on to do a postgraduate degree in Gender and Public Policy at the Universidad de la República. She has worked as a political journalist, first as an editor at La Diaria and producer at Radio Uruguay, and more recently at the weekly newspaper Brecha. She has collaborated on various media projects, and worked to promote responsible journalistic coverage of issues associated with gender violence. Más allá de agosto [Beyond August] is her first novel.