Ana Hurtado is a speculative fiction writer and a Clarion West 2022 alum. Born in Venezuela and raised in Ecuador, Ana explores these post-colonial environments through magical realism and horror. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing & Environment from Iowa State University in 2017 and now teaches creative writing at Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Her work has been published by The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Uncanny Magazine, among others. LeVar Burton read one of her stories for his podcast LeVar Burton Reads. 

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Ana is currently writing a gothic horror novel. 

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