All That Followed: A Novel

Gabriel Urza received his MFA from the Ohio State University. His family is from the Basque region of Spain where he lived for several years. He is a grant recipient from the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and his short fiction and essays have been published inRiver Teeth, Hobart, Erlea, the Kenyon Review, West Branch, Slate, and other publications. He also has a degree in law from the University of Notre Dame and has spent several years as a public defender in Reno, Nevada.

''More than just a mystery story....It's a meditation on how time and place dictate our deepest loyalties and cause us to do unimaginable things.'' --Men's Journal

''Remarkable...Tense...Set in the foothills of the Pyrenees, Urza's debut novel is as subtle and enveloping as the txirimiri, a Basque word for 'rain so fine that an umbrella is useless against it.''' --Publishers Weekly, starred review

''Thoughtful, ambitious...The author's family is from Spain's Basque region, which helps explain why an American writer would venture into this fraught history, and Urza does so convincingly, revealing the human faces behind the masks of terrorism and its collateral damage.'' --Kirkus, starred review

''A well-told story of the Basque region, whose violent past is familiar to many. Here, however, the reader is immersed in the landscape's color, language, and culture while reading an absorbing political mystery.'' --Library Journal

''Intimate...This thoughtful novel will draw some literary-thriller readers, but its real strength is what it contributes to the modern-day conversation on terrorist extremism, particularly as it pertains to how youth from small, long-oppressed towns can get pulled into the fray.'' --Booklist

''Gabriel Urza's All that Followed is one of those rare works of fiction that peels back the surface layers of the politicized world we live in to show us the remarkable, rich lives behind the headlines. This is an eloquent, and beautifully imagined work of literature, haunting, elegiac and utterly compelling to the very end.'' --Dinaw Mengestu author of All Our Names and The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

''A ballsy, dazzling debut novel unlike anything you've ever read. Written in beautiful lean vignettes, this is at once a literary big ideas book about a nation, a people, and also highly addictive-I finished it in a day. Self-assured, bold and allergic to trends, Gabriel Urza is an absolute original.'' --Claire Vaye Watkins, author of Battleborn

''A gorgeously gripping tale of secrecy, violence, and the burden of history, Gabriel Urza's All That Followed is a thrilling debut from a distinctive and powerful new voice. Atmospheric, wise, and deliciously complex this novel is as spellbinding as they come.'' --Laura van den Berg author of Find Me

''Gabriel Urza has written a story based on a tragedy I knew nothing about in a country I have only the most passing interest in, yet I couldn't put it down. Urza's novel of ideas and national identity feels personal and intimate, and through this intimacy, becomes universally tragic and beautiful.'' --Manuel Gonzales author of The Miniature Wife