México

He was born in Mexico, D.F. in 1961. He has a degree in Psychology and a master in Creative Writing for the New Mexico State University. He has published many books. Among his Children and YA fiction titles we can find Los ensebados (1993, Premio Nacional de Novela Juvenil FILIJ), El secreto de Gorco (1994, Premio Nacional de Cuento Infantil FILIJ), Miedo, el mundo de al lado (1994, Premio Nacional de Novela Juvenil FILIJ), Las montañas azules (1998), La valla (Everest, 2000), La niña que tenía el mar adentro (2001); Fernanda y los niños secretos (Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil «Juan de la Cabada», 2000), Mañanario (Everest, 2006), Salvavidas ( SM, 2006) y Las peregrinas del fuisoyseré (FCE, 2007). Among his books for adults: Y sobrevivir con las manos abiertas. Una historia de todos los fines del mundo (Mexico 2001), El final de las nubes (RBA, 2001), La Conspiración Idiota (México, 2003), El fin de la pornografía (México, 2005), El libro del silencio (Alfaguara, 2007) y Georgia (FCE, 2011). Some of his short stories have been included in anthologies of Latino or Mexican writers published in Cuba, Mexico, Chili, Spain, and the United States.

Besides several national prizes, he has won important international prizes, such as: Premio Borges de Cuento (Argentina, 1987), Premio Latinoamericano de Cuento (Mexico, 1994), and Premio Aresti de Cuento (Bilbao, Spain, 2002). He was finalist in the Premio Planeta Joaquín Mortiz (Mexico, 1994), and twice in the Premio Internacional de Novela Negra "Dashiel Hammett" (1998 and 2002). In 1999 he also obtained a honorific mention in the literary contest "Casa de las Américas" (novel).