Camila Sosa Villada

Camila Sosa Villada was born in 1982 in La Falda (Córdoba, Argentina). She is a writer, actress, and singer, and previously earned a living as a sex worker, street vendor, and hourly maid. She holds degrees in communication and theater from the National University of Córdoba. Her first novel, Bad Girls (published as The Queens of Sarmiento Park in the UK), won the Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the Grand Prix de l'Héroïne Madame Figaro and will be translated into seventeen languages. I'm a Fool to Want You, from which this story is taken, will be published in spring 2024.