Karina Sainz Borgo was born and raised in Caracas. She began her career in Venezuela as a journalist for El Nacional. Since immigrating to Spain, she has written for Vozpópuli and collaborates with the literary magazine Zenda. She is the author of two nonfiction books, Tráfico y Guaire (2008) and Caracas Hip-Hop (2008).  La hija de la Española [It Would Be Night in Caracas] is her first work of fiction. The book has become unprecedented publishing phenomenon for a piece of Spanish literature: its rights were sold in eighteen countries before its publication.