Ruins (22 page)

A
CHY
O
BEJAS
is the author of various books, including the award-winning novel
Days of Awe
and the best-selling poetry chapbook
This Is What Happened in Our Other Life
. She is the editor of Akashic’s critically acclaimed crime-fiction anthology
Havana Noir
, and the translator (into Spanish) for Junot Díaz’s Pulitzer Prize—winning novel
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
. Currently, she is the Sor Juana Writer in Residence at DePaul University in Chicago. She was born in Havana and continues to spend extended time there.