Ines Rodrigues

Brazilian writer and teacher based in New York, Ines Rodrigues is currently doing her MFA in Creative Writing at Columbia University. She is the former editor of Scarsdale Living Magazine, and has published many articles in newspapers and magazines. She also worked in public radio, and lived in Italy and London before moving to the US.

Her first novel, Days of Bossa Nova, published in 2017 by Black Opal Books, is a family saga that takes place in São Paulo, the largest city in South America, from the 1940's to 2009. It's a story of love and ambition, flavored with the unique sounds of Brazilian music, radionovelas, politics, and the smell of fresh coffee.

When she's not at the Columbia campus, Rodrigues teaches Italian (Bronxville Adult School) and Creative Writing at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, in Westchester County, NY.