Heather Cleary is based in New York and Mexico City. Her writing has appeared in Two Lines, LitHub and Words Without Borders, among other publications.

She is the author of THE TRANSLATOR'S VISIBILITY: Scenes from Contemporary Latin American Fiction, about the power of translation to challenge norms of intellectual property and propriety. Her other translations include the novels WITCHES by Brenda Lozano, AMERICAN DELIRIUM by Betina González, COMEMADRE by Roque Larraquy, and THE PLANETS, THE DARK and THE INCOMPLETES by Sergio Chejfec, as well as a selected works of Oliverio Girondo titled Poems to Read on a Streetcar.

Cleary holds a PhD in Latin American and Iberian cultures from Columbia University and teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.

Books by Heather Cleary

Pink Slime

written by Fernanda Trías, translated by Heather Cleary - Dystopian, Fiction, Horror

In a city ravaged by a mysterious plague, a woman tries to understand why her world is falling apart. An algae bloom has poisoned the previously pristine air that blows in from the sea. Inland, a secretive corporation churns out the only food anyone can afford --- a revolting pink paste, made of an unknown substance. In the short, desperate breaks between deadly windstorms, our narrator stubbornly tends to her few remaining relationships: with her difficult but vulnerable mother; with the ex-husband for whom she still harbors feelings; with the boy she nannies, whose parents sent him away even as terrible threats loomed. Yet as conditions outside deteriorate further, her commitment to remaining in place only grows --- even if staying means being left behind.