Katherine Silver has translated more than thirty books, mostly of literature from the Americas. Her most recent and forthcoming translations include works by Marรญa Sonia Cristoff, Julio Ramรณn Ribeyro, Julio Cortรกzar, Daniel Sada, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Cรฉsar Aira, and Pedro Lemebel. She has received numerous awards and prizes, including three National Endowment for the Arts translation fellowships.
She was recently translator-in-residence at the University of Iowa, and is the former director of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre.