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María Elena Morán

Born November 27, 1985 · Maracaibo, Venezuela (age 40)

María Elena Morán (Maracaibo, November 27, 1985) is a Venezuelan writer and screenwriter based in Brazil. Her first novel, Los Continentes del Adentro, was published in 2021 in Brazil and Spain. She won the 2022 Café Gijón Prize for her novel Volver a cuando. Morán writes in both Spanish and Portuguese.

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Power Alley

Power Alley · 2023

On the eve of a future-defining championship, promising 17-year-old volleyball player Sofia is faced with an unwanted pregnancy. Seeking an illegal termination, she becomes the target of a fundamentalist group determined to stop her at any cost – but neither Sofia nor those who love her are willing to surrender to the blind fervor of the swarm.

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Power Alley

Power Alley · 2023

On the eve of a future-defining championship, promising 17-year-old volleyball player Sofia is faced with an unwanted pregnancy. Seeking an illegal termination, she becomes the target of a fundamentalist group determined to stop her at any cost – but neither Sofia nor those who love her are willing to surrender to the blind fervor of the swarm.

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