Valeria Luiselli is a Mexican novelist and nonfiction writer. She is the author of the essay collection "Sidewalks," and the internationally acclaimed novel, "Faces in the Crowd." Her work has been translated into several languages, and in 2014, she was the recipient of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 award. Her second novel, "The Story of My Teeth" will be published next fall by Coffee House Press.