Background
Villalobos was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1973.
Villalobos was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1973.
He studied marketing and Spanish literature.
He is the author of Down the Rabbit Hole (And Other Stories, 2011), which was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2011, and Quesadillas (And Other Stories, 2013). He lived in Barcelona, Spain for eight years, before moving to Brazil. He has worked in market research and published travel stories, as well as literary and film criticism.
Villalobos has researched the influence of the avant-garde on the work of César Aira, and the flexibility of pipelines for electrical installations.