Nuria Labari (Santander, 1979) lives in Madrid. She is the author of the short story collection Los borrachos de mi vida (Lengua de Trapo, 2009), which won the 7th Caja Madrid Prize for Fiction, and the novels Cosas que brillan cuando están rotas (Círculo de Tiza, 2016), La mejor madre del mundo (2019), and El último hombre blanco (2022), both published by Random House. Her latest and highly anticipated short story collection, No se van a ordenar solas las cosas (Páginas de Espuma, 2024), was a finalist for the 8th Ribera del Duero Short Fiction Prize.

She has contributed to the anthologies Pequeñas resistencias V (Páginas de Espuma, 2010), El diablo apuesta a todo (Lengua de Trapo, 2011), and Pecadoras capitales (Random Comic, 2020), and co-authored the illustrated book El gran libro de los niños extraordinarios (Silonia, 2018) with graphic artist Quan Zhou.

In 2020, after the pandemic, she founded Circo de Circe, a nomadic space for creation and reflection where writers and artists lead workshops, seek refuge, and travel to the place and time where texts were born.

Her work has been translated into English, Romanian, and Swedish. She currently writes a weekly opinion column for the newspaper El País.

«Nuria Labari’s prose is as exact and unyielding as forged steel.» Juan José Millás, autor of From the shadows

«A brilliant mind, with prose that is both razor-sharp and beautiful.» Rosa Montero, multi-awarded author of El peligro de estar cuerda

«She finds the words to name what poisons us, and to summon the rage we need to finally break it all apart.» Aixa de la Cruz, author of Las herederas

«Every line carries a fierce clarity, even in the pauses between.» Juan Tallón, multi-awarded author

«Her prose is brutally honest, fiercely hybrid, and entirely her own.» María Fernanda Ampuero, author of Human sacrifices