Jacqueline Herraz Brooks was born in Havana, Cuba in 1968. She graduated from the Escuela Provincial de Fotografía in 1990 and is a member of the Associatión Hermanis Saíz. She is the author of Yo fuí a la guerra, a play, and several books of poetry: A quien dar mi maldad con humildad, Corrección del paisaje, El calificador de turno, El dragón se enrolla, Cuestiones metaclínicas, and Liquid Days.