Leo Ferreira is a Brazilian-born, Lisbon-based science fiction writer and translator whose work often explores navigation, memory, and the mathematics of belonging. Raised in Recife and educated in computational physics, Leo spent a decade modeling orbital debris and probabilistic routing for a European space-traffic consortium before turning full-time to fiction. His short stories have appeared in Portuguese- and English-language magazines across the Atlantic, and his translations have introduced several Lusophone futurists to new audiences.
Ferreira's debut novel, Salt on the Hinge, was shortlisted for the Estação Medal and established his blend of rigorous science and lyrical, character-driven narratives. He followed it with The Sparrow-Map and the novella Glass Choir, earning a devoted readership for work that balances big-canvas speculation with intimate stakes. When not writing, Leo volunteers with open-archive initiatives, teaches workshops on speculative cartography, and hikes the Arrábida trails with a well-traveled field notebook and a secondhand star atlas.
