Legna Rodríguez Iglesias was born in Camagüey, in 1984, and is a prize-winning Cuban poet, fiction writer, and playwright. She has published widely, including the poetry books Mi pareja calva y yo vamos a tener un hijo, Miami Century Fox, and Transtucé; the story collections La mujer que compró el mundo and No sabe/no contesta; and the novels Mi novia preferida fue un bulldog francés, Mayonesa bien brillante, and Las analfabetas. Among her literary awards are the Centrifugados Prize for Younger Poets, the Paz Prize, and the Casa de las Américas Prize in Theater. Spinning Mill, a chapbook of her work, has recently appeared in English translation. She lives in Miami, where she writes a column for the online journal El Estornudo.