Ana Maria Gonçalves (born 1970) is a Brazilian writer. She was born in

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. Gonçalves was a professor of English and then a publicist in

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. In 2002, she decided to pursue writing full-time. Later that year she published her first novel ''Ao lado e à margem do que sentes por mim«'' ("Beside and at the edge of what you feel for me"). In 2006, she published the novel ''»Um defeito de cor«'' ("A color defect"); it received the Casa de las Américas Prize for the category Brazilian literature in 2007. In 2009, she was included in a list published by the newspaper ''

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'' of the best Brazilian books from the previous decade. Her short stories have been included in anthologies published in Portugal and Italy. Gonçalves was writer in residence at

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in 2007, at

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in 2008 and at

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in 2009. As of 2019, she was living in

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. In 2015, an adaptation of the book A Color Defect was announced for a television series, scheduled for release in 2021. In December 2016, Ana Maria Gonçalves became a columnist on racial, cultural and political issues for The Intercept Brazil.

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