Gabriela Jauregui is the author of Leash Seeks Lost Bitch (The Song Cave / Sexto Piso, 2015), Controlled Decay (Akashic Books / Black Goat Press, 2008), and a short story collection, La memoria de las cosas (Sexto Piso, 2015), and coauthor of Taller de taquimecanografía (Tumbona ediciones, 2012). She holds a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Southern California, an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Riverside, and an MA in comparative literature and critical theory from the University of California, Irvine. She is a collaborator for various art publications and magazines such as frieze, Artforum, Código, and Art Review, among others. She is a founding member of the sur+ publishing collective and lives and works in Mexico City.