A native of Mexico, David Toscana is the author of several novels, three of which have been translated into English—Tula Station, Our Lady of the Circus, and The Last Reader. He has been shortlisted twice for the Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize and was awarded the 2017 Xavier Villarrutia award for his novel, Olegaroy. He lives in Mexico and Poland.

David William Foster is Regents’ Professor of Spanish and Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University, where he also leads the Brazilian Studies Program.