Andrea Crespo (writer)


Andrea Priscila Crespo Granda is an Ecuadorian writer.

Biography

Andrea Crespo was born on 4 October 1983 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She completed a degree in creative writing at the.
In September 2013, Crespo published her first work L.A. Monstruo through Editorial Cadáver Exquisito. In the book, which uses the structure of the Pentateuch, Crespo addresses femininity, masculinity, and power in politics through the life of her main character.
In October 2016, Crespo received the from the Catholic University of Ecuador, who selected Registro de la habitada from 166 other works. In December of that year, the selling of Crespo's poems began at the Casa Morada in Guayaquil.
Her next book, Libro Hémbrico, won the House of Ecuadorian Culture's David Ledesma Vásquez National Poetry Contest in March 2017. The contents of the book focuses on topics such as body acceptance and femininity.
Crespo ran unsuccessfully in the to win a seat in the Ecuadorian National Assembly.

Works