Brief Author Bio:

Cesar Torres is a Chicago-based fiction writer, specializing in speculative and literary fiction. He writes the Urraca blog to chronicle his writing process, as well as his efforts in entering fiction publishing. His short story "Hybridae" appears in The Willows Magazine in fall of 2009. Though his work in progress "Carapace" is already more than halfway complete, Cesar will join NaNoWriMo in order to complete its target 80,000-word length.

On the non-fiction side, Cesar earned his Bachelor of Science in Journalism and has worked in online publishing as producer and editor for more than 10 years. He currently works in content development, user experience and information architecture in the healthcare sector.