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Nasceu em Porto Alegre, em 1982. Seu primeiro livro, Pó de Parede (Não Editora), um tríptico de novelas, foi publicado em 2008, enquanto cursava o mestrado em Escrita Criativa na PUCRS.
Depois, publicou três romances, todos pela Companhia das Letras: Sinuca Embaixo d'Água (2009), Todos Nós Adorávamos Caubóis (2013) e O Clube dos Jardineiros de Fumaça (2017). Em 2012, foi incluída na edição Os Melhores Jovens Escritores Brasileiros da revista britânica Granta.
Seus livros foram publicados na Argentina e na Espanha e, em 2018, Todos Nós Adorávamos Caubóis sairá nos Estados Unidos.
Já traduziu histórias em quadrinhos francesas e escreveu contos e ensaios para o Estado de S. Paulo, O Globo, Folha de S. Paulo, Superinteressante, Piauí e para a edi ...more

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	A trama das árvores by Richard Powers, Carol Bensimon (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 198,363 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We All Loved Cowboys by Carol Bensimon (Goodreads Author), Beth Fowler (Translator) 3.38 avg rating — 1,437 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diorama 4.27 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O Clube dos Jardineiros de Fumaça 3.74 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pó de Parede 3.58 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sinuca embaixo d'água 3.38 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uma Estranha na Cidade 3.79 avg rating — 82 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horses in the Smoke by Carol Bensimon (Goodreads Author), Gary Furlong (Reading) 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Au pays du dieu animal by Carol Bensimon (Goodreads Author), Dominique Nédellec (translator) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I went to the bedroom door to say goodbye to Jean-Marc and he gave me one of those adolescent expressions of approval. That's the moment that you regret having shared confidences with a friend.”
― Carol Bensimon, Todos nós adorávamos caubóis

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