Michel Laub was born in Porto Alegre, in 1973, and lives in São Paulo. He is a writer and journalist, he was editor-in-chief of Bravo magazine and coordinator of publications and internet at Instituto Moreira Salles. Today he is a columnist for Folha de S.Paulo, in addition to collaborating with several publishers and vehicles. He published six novels, all published by Companhia das Letras: Música Anterior (2001), Longe da água (2004), O segundo tempo (2006), O gato diz adeus (2009), Diário da queda (2011, with rights sold to the cinema)) and A maçã envenenada (2013). His books have been released in 12 countries and 9 languages. He is one of the members of the edition The best young Brazilian writers, of the English magazine Granta. He received the JQ - Winagte (England, 2015), Transfuge (France, 2014), Jabuti (second place, 2014), Copa de Literatura Brasileira (2013), Bravo Prime (2011), Bienal de Brasília (2012) and Erico Verissimo awards (2001), in addition to being a finalist in the Correntes de Escrita (Portugal, 2014), São Paulo de Literatura (2012 e 2014), Portugal Telecom (2005, 2007 e 2012) e Zaffari&Bourbon (2005 and 2011) awards.