Alejandro Zambra was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1975. He is the author of the novels  Chilean Poet,  Multiple Choice,  Ways of Going Home,  The Private Lives of Trees and  Bonsai; the short story collections  My Documents and  Childish Literature; and the essay collection  Not to Read. The recipient of numerous prizes, including a Cullman Center Fellowship from the New York Public Library, his stories have appeared in the  New Yorker,  Paris Review,  Granta,  McSweeney's and  Harper's, among others. He lives in Mexico City.