Luciany Aparecida

Luciany Aparecida (born 1982) is a Brazilian writer. Originally from Vale do Jiquiriçá in Bahia state, she now lives in Salvador where she teaches at the State University of Bahia. She is known for her work in poetry, drama and fiction, under a variety of pen names such as Ruth Ducaso, Margô Paraíso and Antônio Peixôtro.

Her recent novel Mata Doce was a finalist for the Premio Jabuti.^[1][2][3]

Selected works

• Contos ordinários de melancolia (Ordinary Tales of Melancholy, 2017)
• Ezequiel (poetry, 2018)
• Florim (play, unpublished)