Beatriz Seelaender is a Brazilian author from São Paulo. She has a BA in both English and Portuguese from University of São Paulo, and is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Classical Reception Studies, also from the University of São Paulo. Seelaender wrote her first novel in her native language when she was fourteen. Since she began writing in English, she has received several awards. "The Austenites" earned her the inaugural Sandy Run Novella Award. She has also won the Abstract Elephant Censorship and Freedom contest, The Black Spring Press's Bottom Drawer Prize, and the Columbia Scholastic Press Gold Circle Award in the categories of experimental fiction and humor writing. Her work has been published in multiple literary magazines, notably, Grub Street, Mayday, Guesthouse, and Inverted Syntax. She has more work forthcoming in Black Spring Press and Diachroneity Books.Beatriz Seelaender is a Brazilian author from São Paulo. She has a BA in both English and Portuguese from University of São Paulo, and is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Classical Reception Studies, also from the University of São Paulo. Seelaender wrote her first novel in her native language when she was fourteen. Since she began writing in English, she has received several awards. "The Austenites" earned her the inaugural Sandy Run Novella Award. She has also won the Abstract Elephant Censorship and Freedom contest, The Black Spring Press's Bottom Drawer Prize, and the Columbia Scholastic Press Gold Circle Award in the categories of experimental fiction and humor writing. Her work has been published in multiple literary magazines, notably, Grub Street, Mayday, Guesthouse, and Inverted Syntax. She has more work forthcoming in Black Spring Press and Diachroneity Books.
