(Toluca, Mexico, 1970). Writer. Winner of the National Short Story Prize, the Colima Fiction Prize and the Cuatrogatos Foundation Prize, among others. Author of the novels Los esclavos (2009), La torre y el jardín (2012) and Cartas para lluvia (2017), and of short story books such as Gente del mundo (1998), Éstos son los días (2004), Los atacantes (2015) and Manos de lumbre (2018). He is also known for his projects involving publication and writing on the Internet. www.albertochimal.com