Mexico City Noir (18 page)

Ó
SCAR DE LA
B
ORBOLLA
(born in Mexico City, 1952) is a very popular writer of more than a dozen short story collections. He has a doctorate in philosophy and teaches university metaphysics.

R
OLO
D
IEZ
(born in Junín, 1940) is a two-time winner of the Hammett Prize, and winner of both the National Prize in Literature and the Gran Angular Award for young adult novels. His published works include
Los compañeros, Vladimir Illich contra los uniformados, Gambito de dama
, and
La carabina de Zapata
.

B
ERNARDO
F
ERNáNDEZ
(born in Mexico City, 1972) won the Memorial Silverio Cañada prize in Spain for best first detetctive novel for
Tiempo de alacranes
. He is also a comic book artist and the author of several sci-fi works, including
Gel azul
, which won the Spanish Ignotus award for best science fiction novella in 2007.

V
íCTOR
L
UIS
G
ONZáLEZ
(born in Mexico City, 1953), novelist and journalist, won the 1988 Juan Rulfo International Prize for best first novel with
El mejor lugar del infierno
.

F.G. H
AGHENBECK
(born in Mexico City, 1965), won the 2006 Vuelta de Tuerca prize for the best first detective novel with
Trago amargo
. He also writes for popular American comics, such as
Crimson
.

M
YRIAM
L
AURINI
(born in Santa Fe, 1947), one of the very first female noir writers in Mexico, is the author of
Morena en rojo, Que raro que me llame Guadalupe
, and
Para subir al cielo
.

J
UAN
H
ERNáNDEZ
L
UNA
(born in Mexico City, 1962), a two-time winner of the Hammett Prize for best Spanish-language detective novel, has published more than a dozen crime-fiction novels, including
Quizá otros labios, Cadáver de Ciudad
, and
Tabaco para el puma
.

E
DUARDO
M
ONTEVERDE
(born in Mexico City, 1948) won the Rodolfo Walsh Prize for the best nonfiction Spanish-language book for
Lo peor del horror
. He is also the author of two experimental noir novels,
Las neblinas de Almagro
and
El naufragio del Cancerbero
.

A
CHY
O
BEJAS
is the translator (into Spanish) for Junot Díaz’s Pulitzer Prize—winning novel
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
. She is also the author of several books, including the highly acclaimed novels
Ruins
and
Days of Awe;
and editor of
Havana Noir
. Obejas is currently the Sor Juana Writer in Residence at DePaul University in Chicago. She was born in Havana.

E
DUARDO
A
NTONIO
P
ARRA
(born in León, 1965) won the 2000 Juan Rulfo International Prize.
Los límites de la noche
and
Tierra de nadie
are among his many published works.

J
ULIA
R
ODRíGUEZ
(born in Mexico City, 1946) wrote one of the very first Mexican noir detective novels,
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