Antonio Ortuño
Antonio Ortuño (Guadalajara, 1976) is a Mexican novelist and short story writer. Ortuño is the author of the novels "El buscador de cabezas" (2006) and "Recursos humanos" (2007), finalist of the Herralde Prize. He also published the short story books "El jardín japonés" (2007) and "La Señora Rojo" (2010). In 2006 the newspaper "Reforma" named his debut novel "El buscador de cabezas" the best first novel of the year. His writing has been translated into English, French, Italian, German, Croatian, Romanian and Hungarian. Critics have praised his black humor, the agility and precision of his prose and his  ability to explore the contradictions of his characters. In October 2010 the British magazine "Granta" included Ortuño in its list of the best young Spanish language writers, and the Mexican edition of the magazine "GQ" chose him as writer of the year. In November 2010 his second book of short stories "La Señora Rojo" was published in Spain and Mexico. In 2017. he won the Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero.