# Frances Riddle

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| education        = [Louisiana State University](/source/Louisiana_State_University)
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'''Frances Riddle''' (born in [Raleigh, North Carolina](/source/Raleigh%2C_North_Carolina). Grew up in [Houston](/source/Houston), [Texas](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Latin_American_literature) into English.

She has a BA in [Spanish Language and Literature](/source/Spanish_Language_and_Literature) from [Louisiana State University](/source/Louisiana_State_University) and an MA in Translation Studies from the [University of Buenos Aires](/source/University_of_Buenos_Aires). To date, she has translated more than a dozen novels for leading translation houses such as [New Directions Publishing](/source/New_Directions_Publishing), [Dalkey Archive Press](/source/Dalkey_Archive_Press) and Charco Press. Originally from Houston, Texas, she lives in [Buenos Aires](/source/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](/source/Claudia_Pi%C3%B1eiro)'s novel ''Elena Knows'' was shortlisted for the [International Booker Prize](/source/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](/source/The_Guardian)|date=7 April 2022}}</ref>

==Selected translations==
* ''A Simple Story: The Last Malambo'' by [Leila Guerriero](/source/Leila_Guerriero)
* ''Slum Virgin'' by [Gabriela Cabezón Cámara](/source/Gabriela_Cabez%C3%B3n_C%C3%A1mara)
* ''Bodies of Summer'' by [Martín Felipe Castagnet](/source/Mart%C3%ADn_Felipe_Castagnet)
* ''The German Room'' by [Carla Maliandi](/source/Carla_Maliandi)
* ''The Abandoned House'' by [Mario Levrero](/source/Mario_Levrero)
* ''The Life and Deaths of Ethel Jurado'' by [Gregorio Casamayor](/source/Gregorio_Casamayor)
* ''Cockfight'' by [María Fernanda Ampuero](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Fernanda_Ampuero)
* ''Not One Less'' by [María Pía López](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_P%C3%ADa_L%C3%B3pez)
* ''Plebian Prose'' by [Néstor Perlongher](/source/N%C3%A9stor_Perlongher)
* ''Theatre of War'' by [Andrea Jeftanovic](/source/Andrea_Jeftanovic)
* ''Elena Knows'' by [Claudia Piñeiro](/source/Claudia_Pi%C3%B1eiro)
* ''Violeta'' by [Isabel Allende](/source/Isabel_Allende)

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