Dahlia De La Cerda

Dahlia de la Cerda (born 1985) is a Mexican writer and activist. In 2025, her book, Reservoir Bitches, was longlisted for the International Booker Prize.

Biography De la Cerda was born and lives in the city of Aguascalientes. She has Neurofibromatosis type I and severe scoliosis, and additionally was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. She studied philosophy in university and worked in a call center. She began to write about violence against women after her family suffered a feminicide. Medea me cantó un corrido (Medea sang me a corrido), 2024 Longlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize for Reservoir Bitches, translated by Heather Cleary and Julia Sanches.