Aura García-Junco (born 1988) is a

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writer. She was born in

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and studied literature at

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. Her debut novel ''Anticitera, artefacto dentado'' appeared in 2019. This will be followed by a book of essays in 2021 and a second novel, ''Mar de piedra'', published in 2022. She has been a fellow of the Foundation for Mexican Literature (2016) and the FONCA Young Artists programme (2014, 2017 and 2021). In 2021, she was named by '' Granta'' magazine as one of the best young writers in the Spanish language.

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