{{Infobox writer | name = Frances Riddle | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Translator | language = | residence = | nationality = American | citizenship = | education = Louisiana State University | alma_mater = University of Buenos Aires }} '''Frances Riddle''' (born in Raleigh, North Carolina. Grew up in Houston, Texas)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.infobae.com/leamos/2022/04/07/la-traduccion-de-elena-sabe-de-claudia-pineiro-finalista-del-booker-international-2022/ |title=Claudia Piñeiro es finalista del prestigioso International Booker Prize edición 2022 |access-date=2022-05-08 |date=2022-04-07 |website=Infobae |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408084947/https://www.infobae.com/leamos/2022/04/07/la-traduccion-de-elena-sabe-de-claudia-pineiro-finalista-del-booker-international-2022/ |archive-date=2022-04-08 |language=es}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=June 2025}} is an American-born literary translator, specializing in the translation of contemporary Latin American literature into English.
She has a BA in Spanish Language and Literature from Louisiana State University and an MA in Translation Studies from the University of Buenos Aires. To date, she has translated more than a dozen novels for leading translation houses such as New Directions Publishing, Dalkey Archive Press and Charco Press. Originally from Houston, Texas, she lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.<ref>[https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/frances-riddle Bio], wordswithoutborders.org</ref><ref>[https://charcopress.com/translators/ Bio], charcopress.com</ref>
In April 2022, Riddle's translation of Claudia Piñeiro's novel ''Elena Knows'' was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/apr/07/international-booker-prize-shortlist|title=International Booker prize shortlist delivers 'awe and exhilaration'|first=Lucy|last=Knight|newspaper=The Guardian|date=7 April 2022}}</ref>
==Selected translations== * ''A Simple Story: The Last Malambo'' by Leila Guerriero * ''Slum Virgin'' by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara * ''Bodies of Summer'' by Martín Felipe Castagnet * ''The German Room'' by Carla Maliandi * ''The Abandoned House'' by Mario Levrero * ''The Life and Deaths of Ethel Jurado'' by Gregorio Casamayor * ''Cockfight'' by María Fernanda Ampuero * ''Not One Less'' by María Pía López * ''Plebian Prose'' by Néstor Perlongher * ''Theatre of War'' by Andrea Jeftanovic * ''Elena Knows'' by Claudia Piñeiro * ''Violeta'' by Isabel Allende
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