Alana S. Portero

Portero studied at Autonomous University of Madrid. The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, poetry and drama. Works named in the authority record are La mala costumbre. Distinctions recorded are Calamo Awards and Premio Dulce Chacón de Narrativa Española.

• Name — Alana S. Portero • Born — 1978 • Birthplace — Madrid, Spain • Education — Universidad Autónoma de Madrid • Notable Works — Bad Habit (La mala costumbre)

Portero was born and grew up in a working class neighbourhood of Madrid. She completed her studies in History at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), with a specialisation in Medieval History. She cofounded STRIGA, a stage company where she used to be a playwright and an actress. Nowadays she collaborates with several Spanish publishers, such as the magazine Agente Provocador, ElDiario.es, El Salto, SModa and Vogue España, as well as on her own Patreon page. Portero wrote several collections of poems: La habitación de las ahogadas (2017); La próxima tormenta (2014); Irredento (2011); Fantasmas (2010). She also has written the stage play Música silenciosa (2008). She has also collaborated in a number of collections of selected works such as La revuelta del pueblo cucaracha (2013), El descrédito (2013), Mundo Subterráneo (2015), Alcasseriana (2016), Vidas Trans (2019) or Asalto a Oz (2019). La mala costumbre (Bad Habit) is her first novel. Told in the voice of a girl trapped within the body of a boy, Bad Habit is a story of coming-of-age in working class Madrid. The novel was successfully presented at 2023's Frankfurt's Book Fair. It will be translated into eleven languages such as English, French and German.

• 2008 – Música silenciosa. Stage play. Ediciones Endymion.. • 2010 – Fantasmas. Collection of poems. Ediciones Endymion.. • 2011 – Irredento. Collection of poems. Ediciones Endymion.. • 2014 – La próxima tormenta. Collection of poems. Origami.. • 2017 – La habitación de las ahogadas. Collection of poems. Harpo Libros.. • 2023 – La mala costumbre. Novel. Seix Barral.. *

Portero is recorded as having received Calamo Awards and Premio Dulce Chacón de Narrativa Española. The identifiers under which Alana S. Portero may be traced in institutional catalogues.