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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) 4.10 avg rating — 210,404 ratings — published 2018 — 90 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
	Falso Espelho by Jia Tolentino (Goodreads Author), Carol Bensimon (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Sharanya Durvasula (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 80,070 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Departamento de especulação by Jenny Offill (Goodreads Author), Carol Bensimon (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.75 avg rating — 65,743 ratings — published 2014 — 58 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) 3.37 avg rating — 1,497 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 4.10 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 2022 — 11 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 3.73 avg rating — 377 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
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	Sinuca embaixo d'água 3.41 avg rating — 158 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
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