Cristina Jurado

Cristina Jurado was born in Madrid in 1972. She studied Advertising and Public Relations at the University of Seville, and earned a master's degree in Rhetoric from Northwestern University in Illinois. She resides in Dubai. As a writer she published her first novel, Del Naranja al Azul in 2012, defined as a book of "Mediterranean science fiction", which was followed by stories in various anthologies and fanzines of the genre. In 2017 she published the novella CloroFilia, which she defines as "a post-apocalyptic and weird story that deals with collective madness and human identity." Also in 2017 she won an Ignotus Award for Best Story for "La segunda muerte del padre", published in the Nevsky Prospect anthology Cuentos desde el Otro Lado. As an editor, her work has focused on the direction of the digital magazine Supersonic and on the publication of anthologies. She founded Supersonic in 2015, bringing together fiction and nonfiction in Spanish and English. The magazine has stood out as a springboard for new voices in Spanish science fiction, and in 2017 won in the Best Magazine category. It also won the Ignotus Award for Best Magazine. In the field of anthologies, her publication Alucinadas stands out, with two volumes focused on getting to know science fiction writers, both unpublished and more recognized. She has collaborated with international publishers, including for the North American Apex Magazine. In 2015, she was guest editor for its issue number 76, dedicated to international fiction. The collaboration was consolidated in 2017 with Apexs announcement of her hiring as editor of international fiction beginning in January 2018. and El Salto. ==Works==