ANA PAULA MAIA BOOKS

Ana Paula Maia is an acclaimed Brazilian novelist, screenwriter and musician, born in Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, in 1977. She is recognised for her distinctive literary style, which explores human brutality, social inequality, survival and the harsh realities of working-class life. Her fiction often focuses on marginalised characters employed in dangerous and physically demanding professions, set against bleak, unforgiving landscapes. Her notable works include Of Cattle and Men, On Earth as It Is Beneath and Bury Your Dead, which demonstrate her powerful storytelling and unflinching examination of human nature. Her novels have been translated into several languages, bringing her work to an international readership. Maia won Brazil’s prestigious São Paulo Literature Prize for Best Novel in 2018 and 2019, establishing her as a significant voice in contemporary Brazilian literature. In 2026, On Earth as It Is Beneath, translated by Padma Viswanathan, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, further expanding her global literary recognition