Juan Mattio, born in Argentina in 1983, is an editor and writer. He has worked as an editor for the cultural magazines Juguetes Rabiosos, La Granada and Sonámbula, and was a member of the science fiction, technology and futures observatory Synco. His novel Tres veces luz [Three Times Light] received an honourable mention in the Casa de las Américas Prizes, and Materiales para una pesadilla [Materials for a Nightmare], recently reprinted, won the Filba–Medifé Prize for Best Novel Published in Argentina in 2021. Mattio is also the author of the essay La sombra de un jinete desesperado [The Shadow of a Desperate Rider], leads writing and reading workshops and is a member of the Fantasmas del Futuro collective.