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Eliana Alves dos Santos Cruz (born 1966 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian journalist and writer. She holds a degree in social communication (Faculdade da Cidade, 1989) and a post‑graduate diploma in corporate communication (Cândido Mendes University). Former press manager for the Brazilian Aquatic Sports Confederation, she has covered multiple world championships, Pan‑Americas and Olympics. Her debut novel, Água de Barrela, won the Oliveira Silveira Literary Award in 2015; subsequent works include O crime do cais do Valongo (2018), Nada digo de ti… (2020) and the short‑story collection A vestida (Jabuti Prize winner). Her most recent novel, Solitária (2022), addresses themes of race, class and domestic servitude in Brazil.