Xavier Velasco, a renowned Mexican writer, was born in Mexico City on November 7, 1964. His insatiable passion for music, motorcycles, adrenaline, and steroid-infused words powered his writing journey, which began at the tender age of nine as an escape from the classroom. Literature for Velasco is a secret vice, a passion he explored further through experiments with chronicles and the rock lifestyle. A defector from studies in Political Science and Literature, Velasco embarked on a series of varied professions, including a stint as a creative director—a role from which he claims to have extracted "some money and no pride"—and editor of an aristocrats' magazine.

Adept at leading double and triple lives, he simultaneously donned the hats of a copywriter, journalist, rock musician, socialite, lowlife night owl, and clandestine writer. His acclaimed novel Diablo Guardián earned him the prestigious Premio Alfaguara in 2003, marking a pinnacle in his literary career.