[3] Lomelí has lived and published in several countries, and has received scholarships from ITESM, Organization of American States, Monterrey Writers Center, Jalisco State Fund for Culture and the Arts, National Endowment for Culture and Arts, Foundation for Mexican Literature and the National Council for Science and Technology.

It shows the violence of the guerrillas and drug trafficking in Colombia, and the protagonist's longing in that context to discover freedom and love.

[2] The novel, which tells of an engineer torn between the guerillas and the paramilitary and between freedom and safety, draws on the author's experience when staying in Medellín in 2001.

[1] Lomelí has contributed articles to publications such as the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) La Jornada,[7] Letras Libres,[8] and Milenio.

[9] In 2011 Lomelí compiled the stories that were published in the third volume of Sólo cuento, a literary project undertaken by the UNAM Directorate of Arts.