Born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in 1980, he grew up in various cities around the world (The Hague, Buenos Aires, Lima); at the age of 14, he settled in Santiago, Chile. He studied journalism at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. His books include: “After the Light,” “A Terrible Greenness,” “The Stone of Madness,” and “MANIAC.” He gained international acclaim for “A Terrible Greenness” (Anagrama, 2020), in which he blends fiction with a realistic style and explores the lives of prominent scientific figures such as Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, and Erwin Schrödinger. He was awarded the Galileo Prize and the Santiago Municipal Prize, and was a finalist for the International Booker Prize and the National Book Award for Translated Literature.

Graduate in Information Sciences and Techniques, she is a writer, cultural journalist, and television producer. She has served as news director at Canal 22 and deputy director of information at TV UNAM. She has contributed to El Ángel, the cultural supplement of the newspaper Reforma, La Jornada Cultural, Casa del Tiempo magazine, and Revista de la Universidad de México. She currently publishes in the cultural supplement Laberinto of the newspaper Milenio. She has received the National Journalism Prize from the Club de Periodistas three times for her work on Raquel Tibol, una vida en el arte (documentary, 2005), Las respuestas de la ciencia (series, 2009), and Observatorio 2012 (series, 2011). Some of her publications include Massimo Bontempelli. An Intense Life (UAM, 2007), Instant Reveal (Joaquín Mortiz, 2008) in co-authorship with José Gordon, The Lion and the Archangel (UNAM-Seix Barral, 2009), Alternative Paths: Conversations on Art, Literature, Journalism and Humanities (UNAM, 2010), Border Notebook: Essays on the Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Work of Creators (UNAM, 2015), and Sign of the Lion: Salvatore Quasimodo, Love Letters (Dante, 2021) in co-authorship with Myriam Moscona.

Mexican poet, essayist, and activist. A graduate in French Literature from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), he has contributed to publications such as Unomásuno, La Jornada, and Letras Libres. He was awarded the Aguascalientes National Poetry Prize in 2009 for "Tríptico del Desierto" (Desert Triptych). He is known for his activism and defense of human rights, and was honored with the Juan Gelman Recognition in 2018. Following the tragic murder of his son, Juan Francisco, by organized crime, he founded the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD), advocating for victims of violence and promoting the Law for Attention to Victims. His commitment has been widely recognized in Mexico, the United States, and Bolivia.

Rheumatologist at the ABC Medical Center, he trained as a surgeon at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He completed his specialization through the Mexican Council of Rheumatology. He is an academic and researcher at the UNAM Faculty of Medicine and a columnist and author of essential texts on bioethics, euthanasia, abortion, secularism, medical technology, the doctor-patient relationship, and the right to health, among other topics. His books include *Remembering the Deceased* (Sexto Piso) and *One's Pain, Everyone's Pain* (Debate). He writes regularly for *El Universal* and *Nexos* magazine. He maintains a weekly blog on bioethics. He is a member of the College of Bioethics and the Mexican Cultural Seminar.

Sebastián Tonda was born in Mexico City. He holds a degree in Communication from the Universidad Iberoamericana. He has given more than 100 lectures on technological transformation.

He holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Philosophy from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a Diploma in National Security, Border, and Migration from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM), and is currently pursuing his doctoral research in Philosophy, specializing in Metaphysics and Ontology, at UNAM. He has been a lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UNAM, for 15 years, as well as at ITAM in the Department of General Studies. He has numerous publications, both academic and for general audiences, on various topics related to philosophy, human rights, and education. Throughout his professional career, he has worked as an Information Analyst at the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Crimes of Violence Against Women, and at UNAM, he has held positions in the Secretariat of Institutional Development, the Directorate of the Faculty of Sciences, the Coordination of Special Academic Projects, and the General Secretariat. From there, he served as a liaison with the Mexico City Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, participating in the creation of the “ECOs Network of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation of Mexico City”. He is currently the Coordinator of the Nelson Mandela Chair of Human Rights in the Arts, attached to the UNAM Cultural Outreach Coordination, a collaborator of the UNAM University Program on Human Rights, and a member of the Technical Committee for Mental Health Care of the UNAM University Community.

Novelist, short story writer, essayist, editor, and founder of several literary collections, including *Sólo cuento*, *Crónica*, *El ensayo*, and *Cine y literatura*. She holds a degree in Hispanic Literature from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a doctorate in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is a professor of Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at UNAM and was the coordinator of the graduate program in Literature at that faculty. Her literary output is extensive; some of her novels include *La corte de los ilusos* (Planeta Prize 1995), *El paraíso que fuimos* (2002), *El cuerpoémico exhibe* (2013), and *Radicales libres* (2020), as well as *Cuentos darwinianos* (2020) and *Verdades visuales, ensayos* (2019). Her work has been translated into English, French, Italian, Dutch, and Slovenian and appears in numerous anthologies from various countries. As a cultural manager, she has organized series, literary events, and book fairs. From her position as Director of Literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), she launched the Fiesta del Libro y la Rosa (Festival of the Book and the Rose) with unprecedented success. This literary event has been held continuously since 2009. She has received recognition from the American Association of University Women, the National University Award for Young Academics in the area of ​​creative writing, the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Award from UNAM, the Distinguished Scholar Award from UCLA, and the José Emilio Pacheco Excellence in Letters Award (2022), granted by the Autonomous University of Yucatán in conjunction with the FILEY (International Book Fair of Yucatán) and UC-Mexicanistas. She was the Director of the University Book House and is currently the Coordinator of Cultural Outreach at UNAM.