Barbara Mujica is an accomplished American author, known for her work as a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic. She has gained significant recognition for her biographical works on popular artists and artworks, most notably for her book on the Spanish painter Diego Velasquez and his piece "The Rokeby Venus." This work won the historical fiction award at the Fiction Competition of the Maryland Writers’ Association in 2012.
Mujica's literary career is marked by a variety of fiction and non-fiction works. Her novels include "Sister Teresa," based on the life of Saint Teresa of Avila, and "Frida," a biographical novel about the life of Frida Kahlo, which was an international bestseller translated into seventeen languages. Other notable works include "The Deaths of Don Bernardo," "Sanchez across the Street," and "Far from My Mother’s Home." Her short stories have been featured in numerous magazines and anthologies, and her essays have been published in esteemed outlets such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. (