Rodrigo Rey Rosa (born November 4, 1958) is a Guatemalan writer. Not a lot is known about Rey Rosa's professional life until after he emigrated to New York after finishing his studies in Guatemala. Rey Rosa has based many of his writings and stories on legends and myths that are indigenous to Latin American as well as North Africa. Out of all of his works there have only been three that have appeared in the English language which include; "The Path Doubles Back," "Dust on her Tongue," and "The Beggar's Knife." Along with his longer writings, he has also written a number of short stories that have been printed in college-level text books such as "Worlds of Fiction, Second edition" By Roberta Rubenstein and Charles R. Larson.