CARLOS LABBÉ was born in Santiago de Chile in 1977. He has published the hypernovel "Pentagonal: incluidos tú y yo" (2001), the novels "Libro de plumas" (2004), "Navidad y Matanza" (2007), "Locuela" (2009), "Piezas secretas contra el mundo" (2014) and "La parvá" (2015), and the short story collection "Caracteres blancos" (2010 and 2011). Open Letter Books has published "Navidad & Matanza" (2014) and "Loquela" (2015), both translated by Will Vanderhyden. He was a member of the music bands Ex Fiesta and Tornasólidos. His soloist albums are "Doce canciones para Eleodora" (2007), "Monicacofonía" (2008), "Mi nuevo órgano" (2011) and "Repeticiones para romper el cerco" (2013). He was the co-scriptwriter of the films "Malta con huevo" (2007) and "El nombre" (2015). He holds a B.A.

and an M.A. in Literature. He collaborated with the research site Archivodramaturgia.cl and his works of literary criticism can be found at Sobrelibros.cl. He is also the co-editor, with Mónica Ríos and Martín Centeno, of Sangría Editora.