Cleyvis Natera is the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed debut novel, Neruda on the Park. She studied literature and creative writing at Skidmore College and holds an MFA in Fiction from New York University. Her fiction, essays, and criticisms have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, URSA Story, TIME, Gagosian Quarterly, The Brooklyn Rail, The Rumpus, The Washington Post, The Kenyon Review, Aster(ix), and Kweli Journal, among other publications. Natera teaches creative writing at Barnard College of Columbia University in New York City. She lives with her husband and young children in Montclair, NJ.