Born in Delaware, USA in 1986, Pedro is a Mexican writer who has been publishing fiction nonstop since 2013. He has published Los pecados de la familia Montejo (Grijalbo, 2013); La última sobra del imperio (Grijalbo, 2015); the bestselling Yo Díaz (Grijalbo, 2017); Iturbide, el otro padre de la patria (Grijalbo, 2018); Morir de pie (Grijalbo, 2019); Querido don Benito (Grijalbo, 2020); Soy Malintzin (Grijalbo, 2021), and the había una vez … mexicanas que hicieron historia trilogy (Alfaguara 2018, 2019 & 2020), of which Book 2 earned the 2020 Book of the Year in YA Literature awarded by the National Chamber of Publishers. He has also published numerous articles on Mexican history for Mexico’s most prestigious newspapers and magazines, as well as Esquire. In 2010 he started the @DonPorfirioDiaz Twitter handle, which is focused on history and culture teaching with a satirical twist.