Claudia Piñeiro in conversation with Lori Feathers

One of the most acclaimed voices in contemporary Latin American literature, Claudia Piñeiro joins Hay Festival Forum Dallas on the occasion of the English publication of Cathedrals, translated by Frances Riddle and published by Charco Press. A bestselling novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, Piñeiro has built a remarkable career across literature, film, and television, with several of her novels adapted for the screen, including Elena Knows, and as co-creator and writer of the acclaimed Netflix series The Kingdom (El Reino).

Moderated by Lori Feathers, the conversation will explore Piñeiro’s wider body of work, her writing process, and her experience moving between novels, theater, film, and television, as well as the recurring questions of family, gender, religion, power, and contemporary society that run throughout her work.