Mateo Garca Elizondo (Mexico City, 1987) is a screenwriter and author, and grandson of legendary Colombian author Gabriel Garca Mrquez. His work has appeared in magazines such asNexos ,Revista Casa de las Amricas ,Quimera, Origami, andCuadernos Hispanoamericanos . He has written scripts for film and graphic narrative, including the screenplay for the feature film Desierto (2015), which won the FIPRESCI prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. His debut novel, Last Date in El Zapotal,won the City of Barcelona Award for fiction written in Spanish. In 2021 he was listed byGrantamagazine as one of the world's best writers in Spanish under thirty-five years of age. Garca Elizondo is also a celebrated actor, appearing in films such as Ttem (2023), which received rave reviews from both The Guardian and The New York Times .