Liliana Valenzuela is an award-winning poet and acclaimed Spanish translator of works by authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, Denise Chavez, and many other writers. She is the author of the full-length poetry collection in two languages Codex of Love: Bendita Ternura (FlowerSong Books, 2020) and the chapbook Codex of Journeys: Bendito Camino (Mouthfeel Press, 2013), and several artisan chapbooks. She is a Macondo and Canto Mundo fellow and has held residencies at The Tasajillo Residency, Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow, and Vermont Studio Center. A native of Mexico City, Valenzuela lives and works in Austin, Texas.