Born in 1974, in Panama City. Lili Mendoza, fornicator of minds and perception, is also a writer of fiction. Her short stories and non-fiction have been published in literary reviews and international anthologies. Her raw, direct prose paints a rebellious and bittersweet portrait of contemporary humanity. Mendoza's work centers on her country's negritud and the stories of the dispossessed; her stories samples the sounds and voices of Panama's ghetto and its people. Mendoza won the Yolanda Oreamuno Central American Fiction Award in 2009. Patent Leather Heart A-go-go (2009) is her first book of short stories. Having been Fellow in Creative Writing by the University of Iowa's International Writer’s Program in 2013.
