Yero Chuquicaña

The writer, journalist and illustrator Yero Chuquicaña studied Literature and Linguistics at the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín in Arequipa. He has published the books of short stories Falsos cuentos: La primera vez que alguien te habló de mí (2017), Peruanos de segunda mano (2019) and ¿Qué carajo es el amor? (2021). In 2017 he won the National Literature Prize in the children/young adult category for his book Falsos cuentos: Taca-Taca, and in 2021 he won the Nuestros relatos contest, organized by the Proyecto Especial Bicentenario de la Independencia del Perú. His most recent book is Un zorro en la ciudad, the story of a fox from the Andes that ends up in a busy city.