Her second novel, Asunder, was first published in May 2013, to unanimous acclaim in the UK.[1] , followed by Sea Monsters, awarded the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2020.[2] She is the eldest daughter of Mexican poet and diplomat Homero Aridjis and American Betty F. de Aridjis, an environmental activist and translator. She is the sister of film maker Eva Aridjis, for whom she worked as a stills photographer.