Miriam Mambrini is a carioca (ie born in Rio). She began to write fiction fairly late but has now published eight books, including a number of short story collections. She has also contributed to the seminal anthologies Contos de escritoras brasileiras (‘Stories by Brazilian women writers’, Martins Fontes, 2003) and Mulheres que estão fazendo a nova literatura brasileira (‘Women who are writing the new Brazilian literature’ Record, 2005).