SONIA RODRIGUES was born in Santos, a city squeezed between the sea and the mountains, away from the continent. “Being born in an island, although isolating in a way, also opens us to the ocean, with all its possibilities of travel, discoveries, conquests and dreams.”

She was a doctor by choice and is a writer by vocation. She claims to feed on books: “My restless mind is fascinated by the world of words. My restless feet explore exotic trails and places.”

She published her first short story book, Dias de Verão [Summer Days] ]in 1997. Her second short story book É suave a noite [Sweet is the Night] came out in 2014.