Eduardo Halfon (Guatemala City, 1971) is one of Latin America's best known writers. Of Jewish heritage, his family has roots in Poland, Egypt, Libya and Syria. He was a finalist for the 2003 Premio Herralde and the 2016 Premio Hispanoamericano de Cuento Gabriel García Márquez. In 2011 he received a Guggenheim grant and his track record includes prizes such as the José María de Pereda, in 2009, and the Roger Callois, in 2015. His work has been translated into more than ten languages. In Spanish, his writing has been published by Anagrama, Alfaguara, Pre-Textos and Libros del Asteroide. He currently lives in Nebraska, U.S.