Claudio Gaudio is a Toronto-based writer. His first novel, Texas, was published by Quattro Books, has been translated, in part, by Francesco Loriggio and included in an anthology in Calabria, Italy. Texas was shortlisted in 2013 for the RELIT Awards. His work has appeared in ELQ (Exile Literary Quarterly), Rampike Literary Magazine and Geist, and has been reviewed in Descant Magazine.