Federico Falco is the author of four collections of short stories, a book of poems, and two novels: Cielos de Córdoba (Córdoba Skies, 2011) and Los Llanos (The Plains, 2020). He holds a BA in Communications from Blas Pascal University in Argentina and an MFA in Creative Writing in Spanish from New York University. In 2010 Granta selected him as one of the Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists, and in 2017 A Perfect Cemetery was finalist for the García Márquez Short Story Prize. During 2012 he was writer in residence at the International Writing Program of the University of Iowa. Falco currently is the short story editor at Chai Editora, dedicated to international contemporary fiction not previously translated into Spanish. His most recent novel, Los Llanos, was finalist of the Herralde Prize, one of the most prestigious fiction prizes in the Spanish-speaking world. He divides his time between Buenos Aires and the sierras of Córdoba, and this is his first print book to appear in English.