Cristóbal Pera

Cristóbal Pera is Vice President and Publisher of Planeta USA, the North American arm of the Spanish publisher, with decades of experience as a publisher, editor, and literary agent in Europe, Latin America, and the United States.
Prior to his leadership of Planeta USA, Pera was Publishing Director of Vintage Español, director of The Wylie Agency España, and editorial director of Random House Mondadori México, among other roles. Pera also serves on the Board of Trustees of Princeton University Press and on the Advisory Board of George Washington University’s Graduate Program in Publishing and previously served on the advisory boards of the Frankfurt Academy of the Frankfurt Book Fair and of Words Without Borders.
He has edited several books by Gabriel García Márquez, including Living to Tell the Tale, I’m Not Here to Give a Speech, and The Scandal of the Century, as well as García Márquez’s novel Until August, which was published posthumously in 2024.