Ana Bárbara Pedrosa

Ana Bárbara Pedrosa (1990) is the author of Lisboa, chão sagrado (2019; shortlisted for the prémio Eça de Queiroz), Palavra do Senhor (2021), Amor estragado (2023; shortlisted for the prémio Eça de Queiroz), Viagens com o Mehdi (2024) and Vizinhos (2026). She is a columnist for Expresso and a political commentator on SIC Notícias. For four years, she wrote fortnightly columns for the newspaper Mensagem de Lisboa, where she is now undertaking an epistolary project. She has written literary criticism for Observador since 2019 and for Expresso since 2026. She holds a doctorate in Human Sciences (UFSC, Brazil, Fellow Mundus scholarship, funded by the European Union), a master's degree in Portuguese Studies (FCSHUNL), postgraduate qualifications in Linguistics (FLUL) and Economics and Public Policy (ISCTE-UNL), and a degree in Applied Languages (U Minho). She also spent a brief period at Drexel University in Philadelphia, United States, after receiving the Outstanding European Students scholarship, funded by the Fulbright Commission.