Gonzalo Soltero is a barely known underground Mexican writer, who has kept himself outside of the limelight and literary cliques. He seemed obsessed with conspiracy theories which plan to take over Mexico City

Mexico City

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, and then the World.

He graduated from the UNAM

Unam

UNAM or UNaM may refer to:* National University of Misiones, a National University in Posadas, Argentina*National Autonomous University of Mexico , the large public autonomous university based in Mexico City...

 with a bachelor's degree in Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies

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. He also studied the Diploma in Creative Writing at SOGEM

SOGEM

SOGEM is the Mexican Writers' Guild. Besides giving the usual protection to the copyright of authors, it has the oldest School of Creative Writing in Mexico...

 and an MA in Creative and Media Enterprises at the University of Warwick

University of Warwick

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. His first novel, Sus ojos son fuego, was awarded the Jorge Ibargüengoita National Novel Prize.

Soltero is currently working on his second novel, The Black Seed of Writing.

Books

• Crónicas de neón y asfalto (1996, short stories)
• Tocha (2000, children's story)
• Sus ojos son fuego (2004, novel)