Mónica Ojeda Net Worth

Background and career

Mónica Ojeda Franco (born 1988) is an Ecuadorian writer. Ojeda has published poetry, novels and short stories. She describes her work as Andean gothic. A native of Guayaquil, she obtained her bachelor's degree before moving to Spain for a master's in creative writing. Ojeda emigrated from Ecuador to Spain in 2017.

Ojeda's work blends elements of horror fiction with Andean folklore and digital subcultures to explore contemporary social issues in Latin America. Her debut novel, La desfiguración Silva (2015), won the ALBA Narrativa Prize while she was attending university. She came to wider attention with Nefando (2016) and Mandíbula (2018; translated as Jawbone) and was a recipient of the Bogotá39 award for outstanding young Latin American writers in 2017. She has been described as one of Ecuador's most important living writers.