Martha Luisa Hernández Cadenas (Guantánamo, 1991) is a playwright, writer and performer. She has written three poetry collections, and won the David Prize for Poetry in 2017 and the Havana Poetry Biennial Prize. She is the creator of several performances in Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Spain, German, Canada and Switzerland. The Weasel and The Whore is her debut novel, and was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize in 2020. Our edition, translated by Julia Sanches and Jennifer Shyue, was longlisted for the Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize 2026,  and received an English PEN Award.