JACQUELINE HERRANZ BROOKS was born in Habana, Cuba in 1968. She graduated from Escuela Provincial de Fotografía (Provincial School of Photography) in 1990. She is the author of the play Yo fuí a la guerra and of several poetry collections. Her book of poetry entitled Liquid Days, was published in Argentina by Tribal Song in 1997. She was a guest at the Tercera Conferencia de Escritoras Caribeñas de Habla Hispana (Third Conference of Spanish Caribbean Writers) at Hunter College, City University of New York in 1998. Her short story "Intromisión abrupta de esos dos personajes,” (Abrupt Intromission of Those Two Characters) won the prestigious Fiction Award in the literary contest of Revolución y Cultura Magazine in 1997 and was included in the book Dream With No Name: Contemporary Fiction from Cuba, published by Seven Stories Press in 1999.