Eve Gil was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, in 1968 and currently lives in Mexico City. She is the author of several novels, including Réquiem por una muñeca rota (2000), Cenotafio de Beatriz (2005), Virtus (2008), and Sho-shan y la Dama Oscura (2009), as well as the story collection Sueños de Lot (2007). English translations of her fiction have appeared in BorderSenses and Fairy Tale Review.