Vanessa Barbara (born June 14, 1982) is a Brazilian journalist and author. She is a columnist for the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, having also written for the magazine piauí and the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo. Her articles are also featured in the International New York Times.^[1]

Barbara won the 2009 Jabuti Prize in Journalism for her work O Livro Amarelo do Terminal, about the Tietê Bus Terminal. She was shortlisted for the São Paulo Prize for Literature in 2008 for her debut book O Verão do Chibo. She was also listed by Granta among the Best of Young Brazilian Novelists in 2012.

• 2008 - O Verão do Chibo (novel, with Emilio Fraia) - Ed. Alfaguara
• 2009 - O livro amarelo do Terminal (news story) - Ed. Cosac Naify
• 2010 - Endrigo, O Escavador de Umbigos (children's book, with Andrés Sandoval) - Ed. 34
• 2012 - A máquina de Goldberg (graphic novel, with Fido Nesti) - Companhia das Letras
• 2013 - Noites de alface (novel) - Ed. Alfaguara
• 2015 - Operação Impensável - Ed. Intrínseca^[2]

• 2009 São Paulo Prize for Literature — Shortlisted in the Best Book of the Year category for O Verão do Chibo
• 2012 Granta Best of Young Brazilian Novelists