John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". …
Oscar Lewis was born in New York City in 1914, and grew up on a small farm in upstate New York. He received his PhD in anthropology from Columbia University in 1940, and taught at Brooklyn College and…
Amélie Nothomb, born Fabienne Claire Nothomb, was born in Etterbeek, Belgium on 9 July 1966, to Belgian diplomats. Although Nothomb claims to have been born in Japan, she actually began living in Japa…
Jorge Ibargüengoitia Antillón was a Mexican novelist and playwright who achieved great popular success with his satires, three of which have appeared in English: Las Muertas (The Dead Girls), Dos Crim…
Ágota Kristóf was a Hungarian writer, who lived in Switzerland and wrote in French. Kristof received the European prize for French literature for The Notebook (1986). She won the 2001 Gottfried Keller…
Fernando del Paso Morante es un cuentista y novelista mexicano. Cursó hasta el segundo año de la carrera de economía y llevó un seminario de literatura comparada en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras d…
Leila Guerriero is an Argentinian journalist. She began her career in 1991, as an editor with the magazine Página/30, part of the Argentine newspaper Página/12. Since then her texts have appeared in v…
Evelio Rosero Diago was born in Bogotá, Colombia, on March 20, 1958. He is a Colombian writer and journalist, who reached international acclaim after winning in 2006 the prestigious Tusquets Prize.
Delphine de Vigan is an award-winning French novelist. She has published several novels for adults. Her breakthrough work was the book No et moi (No and Me) that was awarded the Prix des Libraires (Th…
Poeta, novelista, dramaturga y traductora colombiana nacida en Amalfi, Antioquia, en 1951. Es licenciada en Filosofía y Letras por la Universidad de los Andes, donde ocupa la cátedra de Literatura desd…
Licenciado en Derecho por la UNAM. Maestro en ciencias políticas por el Instituto de Estudios Políticos de París, Francia (Sciences Po). Maestría en Administración Pública por la Escuela Nacional de A…
ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY was born in Lincolnshire and studied zoology and psychology at Reading, before practising law in Leeds. He is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor and is trained in …
Milena Busquets was born in Barcelona in 1972. She attended the Lycée Français de Barcelone and obtained a degree in Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology in University College London. She wor…
Vanessa Montfort Écija es una novelista, dramaturga y periodista española, Nacida en Barcelona reside en Madrid desde la infancia. Es licenciada en Ciencias de la Información y experta en comunicación…
Benjamin Labatut was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He spent his childhood in The Hague and Buenos Aires and when he was twelve years old he moved to Santiago de Chile, where he lives today.
Cristina Rivera Garza is the author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction. Originally written in Spanish, these works have been translated into English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, and…
J.D. Barker is the New York Times and international best-selling author of numerous novels, including DRACUL and the wildly popular 4MK series. He is currently collaborating with James Patterson. His …
Escritor y narrador oral, cofundador de la Compañía La Matrioska. Es autor de "El año en que hablamos con el mar", "La muerte viene estilando", "Taguada" y "Tony Ninguno" y del ensayo "Por qué contar …
Nació, creció y vive actualmente en la Ciudad de Aguascalientes. Estudió la licenciatura en Filosofía. Ha sido empleada de un call-center, un bar y una fábrica de dulces. Ha trabajado como editora de …
Natalia Mendoza (Ciudad de México, 1981) es doctora en Antropología Social por la Universidad de Columbia, ensayista y narradora. Fue investigadora invitada en el Centro Hannah Arendt de Bard College …
Dolores Reyes nació en 1978 en Buenos Aires, donde estudió literatura clásica. Es profesora, conocida por su activismo feminista y madre de siete hijos.
