CRISTINA JUDAR is a writer and journalist from São Paulo. She completed her post-graduation studies in Cultural Journalism and collaborates with several publications, including Revista da Cultura [Culture Magazine.]

Her first book, “Lina,” came out in 2009 and was one of the recipients of the Cultural Action Grant in the Graphic Novel category, awarded by the State Secretary of Culture in São Paulo. 

In 2011, she published her second book, Vermelho, Vivo [Red, Live], which also received the Cultural Action Grant. Her latest book, Roteiros para uma vida curta [Scripts for a Short Life] received an honorable mention at the 2014 SESC Literary Awards.

Cristina also writes Luminescências nas Pickups [Luminescence on Pickups,] a blog dedicated to fiction, and one of her stories Quatro [Four] was selected to be included in a project called Inverna: Ficção gráfica brasileira de autoria feminina [Wintery: Brazilian Graphic Fiction by Women.]