The New York Times described Guadalupe Nettel’s English-language debut, Natural Histories, as ‘five flawless stories’. A Bogotá 39 author, Nettel has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Gilberto Owen National Literature Prize, the Antonin Artaud Prize, the Ribera del Duero Short Fiction Award and, most recently, the 2014 Herralde Novel Prize. Her books have been translated into twelve languages, and her novel, The Body Where I Was Born, has recently been translated into English. She lives and works in Mexico City.