Tedi López Mills, born in Mexico City in 1959, is a poet, essayist, translator, and editor. In 1998, she received the first poetry grant awarded by the Octavio Paz Foundation. From 1994 to 1999, she was Editor-in-Chief of the literary journal La Gaceta. Her poetry books include Segunda persona (Efraín Huerta National Literature Prize), Glosas, Horas and Luz por aire y agua, Un jardín, cinco noches (y otros poemas), Contracorriente (José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature), Parafrasear and Muerte en la rúa Augusta (Xavier Villaurrutia Award).