Alberto Guerra Naranjo (Havana, 1963) has a degree in History and Social Sciences, and is a professor, screenwriter, and writer. Some of his stories have appeared in anthologies along with stories by Juan Rulfo, Jorge Luis Borges, Nabokov and Montalbán, among others. His books have been translated into English, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Croatian, Finnish, Czech, and Mandarin Chinese. He has obtained innumerable awards, including the La Gaceta de Cuba Prize in 1997 and 1999, as well as the International Huelva Short Stories Award. His first novel, The Solitude of Time, has already been published in five editions.