Enrique Serna began his career as a writer for popular Mexican soap operas (telanovelas) in the 1990s.  He moved on to publish several novels, among them El miedo a los animales, El seductor de la patria (Mazatlán Prize), Angeles del abismo (Colima Prize), and La sangre erguida (Antonin Artaud Prize), as well as collections of short stories such as Amores de segunda mano.  Gabriel García Márquez called Serna one of Mexico’s best short story writers.  Additionally, the author has published three books of essays and writes a monthly article for the literary magazine, Letras Libres.