Daniel Alarcón

Daniel Alarcón is an American Peruvian author that has made a name for himself for writing Latin American literary works that have garnered him much critical acclaim. Alarcón got his first start in the literary world as a journalist in 2004, when he worked for several Latin American publications such as “Etiqueta Negra” and later European and American ones such as “El Pais”, “New York Times Magazine”, “Harpers”, and “Granta”, where in 2010 he served as Contributing Editor. He is the founder of “Radio Ambulante”, a pioneer Spanish language podcast in narrative long form covering Latin America, which is the first of its kind. His “All Politics is Local” that Harper published in 2012 made the National Magazine Award shortlist. His first venture into literary fiction was the 2003 short story “City of Clowns” that was featured in the New Yorker. Two years later, he was back with a bang after “War by Candlelight” his short story collection was published by HarperCollins to much critical acclaim. He would follow that up with his debut novel “Lost City Radio” that was his biggest work yet, garnering much praise from critics all over the US.