Gonzalo C. Garcia was born in Chile and spent his first years in the small town of San Fernando in Chile’s Colchagua Valley region, before alternating between Switzerland and Santiago in his teens....view moreGonzalo C. Garcia was born in Chile and spent his first years in the small town of San Fernando in Chile’s Colchagua Valley region, before alternating between Switzerland and Santiago in his teens. In Santiago he joined bands and other Chilean student artists who were disillusioned by the lack of art they could relate to. In Switzerland, he did A-levels. Eventually he to the University of Kent – where he studied for a PHD under Scarlett Thomas. He currently teaches creative writing at the University of Warwick.view less