Edmundo Paz-Soldán is a Bolivian author, professor of Latin American literature at Cornell University, and a columnist in publications such as El País, The New York Times, and Time. His first novel, Días de papel, earned him the Erich Guttentag Prize and recognition as one of the top Latin American authors of the 1990s. His other books have earned awards including the Juan Rulfo Prize for short stories and Bolivia's Premio Nacional de Novela.