Paco Ignacio Taibo II (born Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo; on January 11, 1949), also known as Paco Taibo II or informally as PIT is a Spanish-Mexican writer, novelist and political activist based in Mexico City.
He is most widely known as the founder of the neopolicial genre of novel in Latin America and is also a prominent member of the international crime writing community.
His Spanish language work has won numerous awards including two Latin American Dashiell Hammett Prizes.