Juan Carlos Cortázar was born in Lima, Peru, in 1964. He is an alumnus of the creative writing programs at Diego Portales University in Santiago de Chile and the Casa de Letras in Buenos Aires. His publications include the novels Cuando los hijos duermen, Como si nos tuvieran miedo, and Tantos angelitos/Cortarse las manos, as well as the short story collections Animales peligrosos, La embriaguez de Noé, and El inmenso desvío.