Juan Gabriel Vasquez, author portrait
© Federico Bottia

Juan Gabriel Vasquez

Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s previous books include the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner and national bestseller The Sound of Things Falling, as well as the award-winning Reputations, The InformersThe Secret History of Costaguana, and the story collection Lovers on All Saints' Day. Vásquez’s novels have been published in twenty-eight languages worldwide. After sixteen years in France, Belgium, and Spain, he now lives in Bogotá.

Anne McLean translates Latin American and Spanish novels, short stories, memoirs, and other writings. She has twice won both the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Premio Valle Inclán, and received the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award with Juan Gabriel Vásquez for his novel The Sound of Things Falling. She lives in Toronto.
Retrospective
Songs for the Flames
The Shape of the Ruins
Reputations
Lovers on All Saints' Day
The Sound of Things Falling
The Secret History of Costaguana
The Informers

Books

Retrospective
Songs for the Flames
The Shape of the Ruins
Reputations
Lovers on All Saints' Day
The Sound of Things Falling
The Secret History of Costaguana
The Informers