When she arrived in the city of Córdoba, Argentina, to study at the university, Camila Sosa Villada went one night, terrified, to spy on the transvestites of Parque Sarmiento. There she found her first place of belonging in the world.

Las malas is a group portrait, a rite of passage, a chronicle unlike any other. Two facets historically rejected by society converge in its DNA: transvestite fury and the celebration of being transvestite. The author narrates from within the life of a transvestite community in a hostile urban environment.

Translated into more than twenty languages, the novel has received awards such as the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 2020, the Finestres de Narrativa 2020, and the Grand Prix de l’Héroïne Madame Figaro 2021.

About the author

Camila Sosa Villada (Córdoba, Argentina, 1982) studied Social Communication and Theater at the National University of Córdoba. In 2009 she premiered her first show, Carnes tolendas, retrato escénico de un travesti. She is the author of the poems La novia de Sandro (2015), the stories Soy una tonta por quererte (2022), and the novels Las malas (2020) and Tesis sobre una domesticación (2024).