Maria João Brito is a PhD candidate in Modern Literatures and Cultures at NOVA University Lisbon. She holds an MA in English and North American Studies from NOVA University Lisbon, where she completed a dissertation examining the impact of Jack the Ripper's crimes on the Portuguese press and cultural landscape. She also earned a BA in Languages, Literatures and Cultures, with a specialisation in English and Portuguese Studies, from the same institution. Her primary research interests lie in Anglophone Studies. Her current doctoral research focuses on the representation of female scientists in twenty-first-century Portuguese and Anglophone historical novels. Her broader academic interests include Anglo-Portuguese relations, Women's Studies, mystery fiction, and Anglophone culture from the Victorian period to the interwar years.