Ana Barrios Camponovo studied medicine at the
Hospital de Clínicas and specialized in
traditional Chinese medicine. She performed in theater in Uruguay and abroad. She was an actress, scriptwriter, and co-writer for the Teatro de la Barraca group in Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil from 1983 to 1987. Her book
Juan y la bicicleta encantada won the
Bartolomé Hidalgo Award in 1995. It was published in Mexico, the United States, Canada, and the Philippines.
Alfaguara published her book
Quepo Quito, which took 2nd Prize at the
Ministry of Education and Culture Awards in 1997. She lives in
Spain where she has an online television program named
Universo Infancia. ==Awards==