Alberto Manguel is a Canadian writer, novelist, translator and editor, acclaimed for several award-winning works, including the triumphant A HISTORY OF READING (A TLS International Book of the Year, a GLOBE AND MAIL Notable Book of the Year and winner of France's Prix des Medecis). He was born in Buenos Aires, has lived in Italy, france, England and Tahiti, and he bacame a Canadian citizen in 1985. Alberto Manguel was born in Buenos Aires but moved to Toronto early on in his life. He now lives in France. He is the author of some hugely successful books including A Dictionary of Imaginary Places and A History of Reading. He is a Guggenheim Fellow.