Author: Gerald Martin
Born: 1944
Bio: Gerald Martin is a prolific critic of Latin American fiction. He is particularly known for his work on the Guatemalan author Miguel Ángel Asturias and on the Colombian Gabriel García Márquez, both of whom are winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

His recent book, Gabriel García Márquez. A Life, is the first full biography of García Márquez to be published in English. (Thanks Wikipedians!)