Mariana Ruiz Romero

(Tarija, 1982)

Mariana Ruiz Romero nació en Tarija, Bolivia. Es la autora de los cuentos infantiles Uma y el círculo mágico (2009), Uma y el tren a las estrellas (2011), Uma y el guardián de los animales (2013), Uma y la laguna encantada (2014), Uma y la cueva de los murciélagos (2016), Uma y la tierra de los jaguares (2017), Uma y el fuego misterioso (2018), Uma y el vuelo fantástico (2019) Uma y el tesoro perdido (2021) y Uma y el corazón secreto(2022); y de las novelas juveniles: El baile de los dioses (2014) y Aventuras de un escarabajo en Japón (2017); todos publicados por el Grupo Editorial La Hoguera. Además, es miembro de número de la Academia Boliviana de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil. El 2018 ganó el segundo Concurso Nacional de Literatura Infantil “Abrapalabra” con el libro de cuentos Días de mermelada. Con la joyería Yvora publicó Guardianes de la Amazonía en 2020. Tardes de mermelada se presentó en 2023. Actualmente cursa una maestría en arte para niños con The Art of Education University.

Para adultos, ha publicado Los secretos de Rosalba (Ed. La Hoguera 2013) y forma parte de numerosas analogías de cuentos y poesías del país.

Es parte de la antología Warikasaya, Cuentos stronguistas (2008) de la Editorial Gente Común. Cambio climático. Panorama de la joven poesía boliviana (2009) difundida por el Centro Simón I. Patiño. Ha participado en la antología de escritoras bolivianas emergentes, Lo más profundo, ¿la piel? (2010), producida por Yanbal; en La nueva generación (2012) de la Revista boliviana de cuento Correveidile; en Vértigos. Antología del cuento fantástico boliviano (2013) de la Editorial El Cuervo; De imposibilidades posibles. Antología del cuento maravilloso (2013) de la Editorial Kipus. Domingos por la tarde. Cuentos de fútbol boliviano (2014) con Editorial El Cuervo; Dicen que en mi país 2 (2014) con Editorial La Hoguera y de Escritoras Bolivianas Contemporáneas (2019) con Editorial Kipus.

En inglés, la puedes encontrar en https://geekdad.com/author/mar

Mariana Ruiz was born in Tarija, Bolivia in 1982.

She graduated with a Philosophy and Literature degree in 2004. Also knows how to cook.

Her first book: Rosalba´s secrets (2006), talks about life and cooking, combining recipes and anecdotes in a literary form.

Several children books followed: Uma and the magic circle (2009); Uma in the train to the stars (2011), Uma and the Animal’s Guardian (2013), Uma at the enchanted lagoon (2015), Uma at the bat’s cave (2016), Uma at the jaguar’s den (2017), Uma and the mysterious fire
(2018) , Uma and the fantastic flight (2019). Uma and the lost treasure (2021). Uma and the secret heart (2022). Marmalade Afternoons was presented in 2023.

The second one has inspired a short animated feature, which won a local animation contest in La Paz in 2010. The video features the adventures of a child inside a magic train.

A new novel The God's dance (2014) is an inspired tale of magic and angry gods, who seek to doom the earth once again… only a girl with a star’s name can stop them.

Different poems and stories have been part of Bolivian Anthologies in the last ten years.

Rompe’s adventures in Japan (2017), tells the story of a Bolivian Hercules beetle that is taken to Japan as a pet. There he must learn aikido at the Akinagawa Club in order to participate in the famous Japanese insect battles.

In 2018 she won the second National Children’s Literary Contest “Abrapalabra” with her short story collection Marmalade Days.

She is a member of the Bolivian Academy of Youth and Children’s Literature.

She likes rainbows, star gazing and imaginary worlds. Currently she lives with her sons and partner in La Paz, Bolivia.

She writes in English at https://geekdad.com/author/mar

E-mail de contacto: marjulio@gmail.com