ZÉ MCGILL was born in Eugene, Oregon, in 1977, but has been living in Rio de Janeiro since he was 3 months old. 

Writer, translator and musician, he has published a book of short stories entitled Na barriga do boi [In the Belly of the Beast] (2011) through Editora 7 Letras. 

In 2014, a new book of short stories called Fantasmas de carne e osso [Ghosts in the Flesh] will be released in Brazil.