Anabela Mota-Ribeiro holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s Degree in Philosophy from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She was a Visiting Research Fellow at Brown University in 2019. Anabela has five published books, including Paula Rego por Paula Rego, A Flor Amarela – Ímpeto e Melancolia em Machado de Assis and Por Saramago. As a freelance journalist, she has collaborated with several newspapers and created and presented television programmes on RTP. She is also a curator of literary festivals, including Porto Book Fair in 2017, 2018 and 2020, and Folio in 2015 and 2016. Her online archive is available at  www.anabelamotaribeiro.pt.