SERGIO TAVARES was born in 1978 and lives in Niterói, State of Rio de Janeiro. 

He is a journalist, book reviewer, and author. Much of his work has been published in magazines and newspapers in Brazil.

He published Queda da Própria Altura (“Falling from Your Own Height,” 2012)―finalist of Brasília Literature Award in 2014―and Cavala (“Mackerel,” 2010), which won the National Sesc Literary Award in the Short Stories Category. 

Sérgio is also the winner of the 2005 Literary Competition organized by School of Public Service Foundation (Fesp) in Rio de Janeiro.