Lawrence Schimel is a full-time author, writing in both Spanish and English, who has published over one hundred books in a wide range of genres, including fiction, poetry, graphic novels & children’s literature. He is also a prolific literary translator. Recent translations include the novels The Wild Book by Juan Villoro (Restless Books) and La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono (Feminist Press in the US/Modjaji Books in South Africa); the graphic novel of Jesús Carrasco's Out in the Open (SelfMadeHero); and poetry collections Destruction of the Lover by Luis Panini (Pleaides Press), Bomarzo by Elsa Cross (Shearsman Books), Impure Acts by Ángelo Néstore (Indolent Books) and I Offer My Heart as a Target by Johanny Vázquez Paz (Akashic). He lives in Madrid, Spain.