Ezra E. Fitz has translated over twenty books, including narrative nonfiction by Grammy winning musician Juanes and Emmy winning journalist Jorge Ramos, as well as literary fiction by Alberto Fuguet and Eloy Urroz. His translation of Forgiveness by Chiquis Rivera became an instant New York Times bestseller. Fitz served as an instructor with the University of Illinois' Program in Applied Translation, delivered lectures at Iowa, NYU, Tufts, and Vanderbilt among other institutions, and provided all translation services to Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán: Drug Baron, a joint scripted TV miniseries for Netflix/Univisión Story House. He has been awarded grants from the Mexican National Fund for Culture and Arts (FONCA), he was a 2010 Resident at the Banff International Literary Translation Centre, and a 2019 Peter Taylor Fellow with the Kenyon Review Literary Translation Workshop. He lives with his wife and two children in Spring Hill, Tennessee.