Héctor Tobar is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and novelist. He is the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller DEEP DOWN DARK, as well as THE BARBARIAN NURSERIES, TRANSLATION NATION and THE TATTOOED SOLDIER. Héctor is also a contributing writer for the New York Times opinion pages and an associate professor at the University of California, Irvine. He's written for The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times and other publications. His short fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories, L.A. Noir, Zyzzyva and Slate. The son of Guatemalan immigrants, he is a native of Los Angeles, where he lives with his family.

Books by Héctor Tobar

Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free

by Héctor Tobar - Biography, Nonfiction

Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Héctor Tobar tells the story of the 33 miners who were trapped in the San José mine for 69 days, and crafts a haunting masterwork from their surreal experiences and from his intensive research on the extraordinary rescue mission.

The Barbarian Nurseries

by Héctor Tobar