98 Seconds Without a Shadow

Giovanna Rivero is a Bolivian writer named by the Guadalajara Book Fair as one of the 25 emerging stars of Latin American literature. Her short story collection Fresh Dirt from the Grave, published by Charco Press, introduced her work to English-language readers. Her writing is widely recognised for renewing the fantastic genre in Latin American fiction.

Isabel Adey is a literary translator and editor working with Spanish, German and English. Originally from Yorkshire, she now lives in Edinburgh, where she also works as a Royal Literary Fund Fellow. Her translation of Giovanna Rivero's Fresh Dirt from the Grave was longlisted for the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute translation prize in 2024, following a shortlisting for her co-translation of Marvel Moreno's December Breeze in 2023. Her translations span multiple disciplines, from literary fiction to nonfiction and academia. She has a passion for writing that deals with cultural identity, class politics and migration.