Fantasy author, May Barros acts as editor-in-chief for Revista Avessa, a Brazilian literary magazine, since 2014; is part of the cast in the Andarilhos do Imaginário podcast, a writing podcast, since 2018; and is a postgraduate student at Uerj. She also likes to create art and design games. May creates fantastic worlds where anything is possible with characters that make you care and stories where everyone gets to see themselves included.

Born in 1992, May lives in Rio de Janeiro with her family. She has a Master Degree in Comunication by Uerj.

Caleidoscópio, published by Editora Illuminare, is her first book and a short story collection. Crystalline, The Keeper of Magic e Favorite are self-published short stories. She has stories featured in the following anthologies: Contos de Fada, Anjos e Demônios, published by Illuminare; Valquírias, published by Darda Editora; Momentum and Keep Faith, both organized and edited by Gabriela Martins. She crowdfunded the publication of her first artbook, In the Dark, in 2018.