Larissa Rú

Larissa Quesada Arroyo (born 1998), known by her pen name Larissa Rú, is a Costa Rica n writer of speculative fiction, horror, and fantasy. She is a two-time winner of the Aquileo J. Echeverría National Prize: for best novel and best story (2022).

Biography Larissa Quesada Arroyo, known as Larissa Rú, was born in San José, Costa Rica, in 1998. She studied art history at the University of Costa Rica. She also pursued additional studies in cultural heritage at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Its eight stories use the horror genre to explore women's lives, fears, and relationships.

Since 2024, Rú has worked as an editor at the Costa Rican literary publisher Encino Ediciones.