Enric Herce
Enric Herce (Barcelona, 1972) és bibliotecari, escriptor i filòleg. Ha publicat les novel·les de ciència-ficció Simulacions de vida, Estació Boira (premi Imperdible 2019), L’estrany miratge (premi Imperdible i premi Ictineu 2022) i Un bibliotecari de Mart. Benvolgut Jaume, fantasia història epistolar, i Capipota, bizarro, són, per ara, les seves darreres obres. També ha participat en els reculls Punts de fuga, Deu relats ecofuturistes, Contes per al (des)confinament i Tàndems Fantàstics.
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Truman Capote
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Truman Capote was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognised literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and In Cold Blood (1965), which he labeled a "non-fiction novel." At least 20 films and TV dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories and screenplays.
He was born as Truman Streckfus Persons to a salesman Archulus Persons and young Lillie Mae. His parents divorced when he was four and he went to live with his mother's relatives in Monroeville, Alabama. He was a lonely child who learned to read and write by himself before entering school. In 1933, he moved to New York City to live wi -
Joe Abercrombie
Joe Abercrombie was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Manchester University, where he studied psychology. He moved into television production before taking up a career as a freelance film editor. During a break between jobs he began writing The Blade Itself in 2002, completing it in 2004. It was published by Gollancz in 2006 and was followed by two other books in The First Law trilogy, Before They Are Hanged and Last Argument of Kings. He currently lives and works in London with his wife and daughter. In early 2008 Joe Abercrombie was one of the contributors to the BBC Worlds of Fantasy series, alongside other contributors such as Michael Moorcock, Terry Pratchett and China Mieville.
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Michael McDowell
Michael McDowell is a prolific horror writer who has distinguished himself with a varied body of work within the genre. He was born in Enterprise, Alabama, in 1950 and died of AIDS-related illness in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1999.
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His first horror novel, The Amulet, relates the tragedies that befall various individuals who come in possession of a supernatural pendant in a small town.
In McDowell's second novel, Cold Moon Over Babylon, a murdered woman's corpse is dispatched into a river, but her spirit roams the land, and in the evening hours it seeks revenge on her killer even as he plots the demise of her surviving relatives.
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Brandon Sanderson
I’m Brandon Sanderson, and I write stories of the fantastic: fantasy, science fiction, and thrillers.
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Defiant, the fourth and final volume of the series that started with Skyward in 2018, comes out in November 2023, capping an already book-filled year that will see the releases of all four Secret Projects: Tress of the Emerald Sea, The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, and Secret Project Four (with its official title reveal coming October 2023). These four books were all initially offered to backers of the #1 Kickstarter campaign of all time.
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Stanisław Lem
Stanisław Lem (staˈɲiswaf lɛm) was a Polish science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer of Jewish descent. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies. He is perhaps best known as the author of Solaris, which has twice been made into a feature film. In 1976, Theodore Sturgeon claimed that Lem was the most widely read science-fiction writer in the world.
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His works explore philosophical themes; speculation on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of mutual communication and understanding, despair about human limitations and humankind's place in the universe. They are sometimes presented as fiction, but others are in the form of essays or philosophical books. Translations of -
John Cheever
John Cheever was an American novelist and short story writer, sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs" or "the Ovid of Ossining." His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the suburbs of Westchester, New York, and old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born.
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His main themes include the duality of human nature: sometimes dramatized as the disparity between a character's decorous social persona and inner corruption, and sometimes as a conflict between two characters (often brothers) who embody the salient aspects of both--light and dark, flesh and spirit. Many of his works also express a nostalgia for a vanishing way of life, characterized by abiding cult -
Terry Pratchett
Sir Terence David John Pratchett was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983–2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.
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Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Emp -
Iván Ledesma
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Ivan Ledesma (Barcelona, 1977) és un escriptor i guionista català. Porta més de 20 anys dedicat al treball creatiu per a tot tipus de mitjans: productores, televisions, ràdios, agències d'esdeveniments i editorials.
Autor de llibres infantils, com la saga Diari de Dan, llibres de gènere per a adults, com 184 o la multipremiada novel·la Negorith, o novel·les gràfiques, com La Vampira de Barcelona.
Ha treballat com a guionista i realitzador per a productores com WOW, Global Events, Canonigo Films, Fausto Producciones, Animal Films, Utopic ...
Ha compost la BSO de diversos capítols de sèries de TV com el capítol final de Vent del Pla. I a més, ha fet al llarg dels anys una dotzena de discos de diferents estils musicals on ha compost música -
Ricard Efa
Ricard Efa is a Spanish illustrator.
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In 1995 he created his first fanzine with some friends: Realitat Virtual. From there, he worked in a cartoon studio as well as working as a freelance illustrator. He entered the world of comics in 2001, in collaboration with the writer Toni Termens, with the series "Les Icariades" (3 volumes and a complete edition published by Paquet). In 2002 he began his solo series - "Rodiguez" (two volumes also published by Paquet). In 2004 (still with Paquet) he published "L'Âme du vin", a very personal album that he wrote and illustrated. Between 2007 and 2009, he illustrated and colored the series "Kia Ora" (3 volumes with Vents d'Ouest, script by Olivier Jouvray and Virginia Ollagnier). In 2008 he joined the "Alte -
Alfredo Álamo
"Alfredo Álamo (Valencia, 1975) escribe bordeando territorios fronterizos, entre sombras y engranajes, siempre en terreno de sueños que a veces se convierten en pesadillas.
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Ha publicado cuentos en revistas y prestigiosas antologías dedicadas al terror y la ciencia ficción como Aquelarre (Salto de Página), Paura o Artifex, además de novelas como Kobold o Maginot. En 2014 publicó su primera novela para jóvenes adultos, Tormenta , cuya continuación, Plaga, apareció en 2018
En el campo del microrrelato ha publicado dos antologías, Lunarias (Viaje a Bizancio, 2005) y Bestiario infame de la ciudad adormecida (Amargord, 2015). En 2010 publicó el poemario de poesía breve El necrófago galante en el sello 23 escalones.
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Edgar Cotes i Argelich
Edgar Cotes i Argelich (Balaguer, 1997). Traductor i escriptor de relat i microrelat, especialitzat en els gèneres fantàstics. Ha publicat un recull de microrelats "Els híbrids minvants" (2017, Edicions SECC), i els seus relats han aparegut en diversos volums col·lectius com ara "Bestiari" (2017, Edicions SECC), "Inèdits 12" (2017, Revista Inèdits), "Monstruari" (2018, Edicions SECC) i "El Biblionauta 4" (2018, El Biblionauta).
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Iván Ledesma
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Ivan Ledesma (Barcelona, 1977) és un escriptor i guionista català. Porta més de 20 anys dedicat al treball creatiu per a tot tipus de mitjans: productores, televisions, ràdios, agències d'esdeveniments i editorials.
Autor de llibres infantils, com la saga Diari de Dan, llibres de gènere per a adults, com 184 o la multipremiada novel·la Negorith, o novel·les gràfiques, com La Vampira de Barcelona.
Ha treballat com a guionista i realitzador per a productores com WOW, Global Events, Canonigo Films, Fausto Producciones, Animal Films, Utopic ...
Ha compost la BSO de diversos capítols de sèries de TV com el capítol final de Vent del Pla. I a més, ha fet al llarg dels anys una dotzena de discos de diferents estils musicals on ha compost música -
Jesús Cañadas
Jesús Cañadas nace en Cádiz en 1980. Es ingeniero técnico en informática por la Universidad de Cádiz, licenciado en documentación por la Universidad de Granada, así como máster en gestión cultural por la Universidad de Deusto, la Universidad de Gotinga y la Universidad de Osaka.
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En 2003 se traslada a Italia, donde empieza a cultivar la literatura de género de forma pseudo-profesional con la publicación de su primer cuento en la revista Asimov Magazine. Desde entonces sus relatos han aparecido en otras publicaciones como Aurora Bitzine o Miasma. Asimismo, ha colaborado en las antologías Calabazas en el Trastero, Ácronos, Fantasmagoria, Charco Negro o la más reciente Presencia Humana.
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Maureen F. McHugh
Maureen F. McHugh (born 1959) is a science fiction and fantasy writer.
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Her first published story appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1989. Since then, she has written four novels and over twenty short stories. Her first novel, China Mountain Zhang (1992), was nominated for both the Hugo and the Nebula Award, and won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. In 1996 she won a Hugo Award for her short story "The Lincoln Train" (1995). McHugh's short story collection Mothers and Other Monsters was shortlisted as a finalist for the Story Prize in December, 2005.
Maureen is currently a partner at No Mimes Media, an Alternate Reality Game company which she co-founded with Steve Peters and Behnam Karbassi in March 2009. Prior to founding No M -
Jordi de Manuel
Jordi de Manuel (Barcelona, 1962) és biòleg, professor i escriptor. Ha publicat reculls de contes i relats, així com diverses novel·les com ara El pes de la por (amb Sílvia Vega, 1998), El beuratge (2003), Calcs (2005, Premi Manuel de Pedrolo), El cant de les dunes (2006) i Un niu de formigues (2008). Amb el recull de relats Disseccions (2001), va guanyar el premi El Lector de l'Odissea, l'únic guardó literari amb un jurat de cent lectors.El seu cicle de novel·les protagonitzat per l'inspector Marc Sergiot, batejat per alguns crítics com el Colombo català, compta amb les obres: Tres somnis blaus (2000, premi Valldaura), Cels taronges (2001, premi Ciutat de Mollerussa), Cabells porpres (2003, premi Pere Calders), L'olor de la pluja (2006), E
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Isabel Del Rio Sanz (Alias: Isabel del Río)
Editor, reader, documentary and translator. Author, writing teacher and literary coach. Llibretera, mother & Witch.
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Las historias y mundos de fantasía me han acompañado toda la vida. Vivo entre libros y respiro palabras.
Soy autora de novela y relato, ensayo y poesía; especializada en géneros fantásticos.
Editora y co-creadora del proyecto colaborativo y sin animo de lucro Otros Mundos.
Trabajo como librera en Librería Gigamesh y doy clase de escritura en centros culturales, cívicos y bibliotecas.
Lectora, redactora, correctora, traductora y documentalista para editoriales y agencias.
Colabora en medios especializados como las revistas El Biblionauta, Librújula y Libros Prohibidos.
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Ricard Ruiz Garzón
Ricard Ruiz Garzón (Barcelona, 1973) es escritor y periodista literario. Licenciado en ciencias de la comunicación por la UAB, donde también cursó estudios de humanidades, colabora desde hace más de una década en el suplemento literario de El Periódico y también en las revistas Qué Leer y Time Out así como en el programa El Dia de COM Ràdio. Ha sido coordinador de contenidos del programa de libros Qwerty, dirigido en Barcelona TV por Joan Barril, y ha colaborado en medios como TVE, TV3, Cadena SER, Catalunya Ràdio, RNE y RAC-1. Actualmente es profesor del curso de Novela del Ateneu Barcelonès.
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Anna Starobinets
Anna Starobinets (Russian: Анна Старобинец) is a young Russian journalist whose first book “An Awkward age” was nominated for the National Bestseller prestigious Russian prize as a manuscript – even before it was published.
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Samantha Harvey
Samantha Harvey has completed postgraduate courses in philosophy and in Creative Writing. In addition to writing, she has traveled extensively and taught in Japan and has lived in Ireland and New Zealand. She recently co-founded an environmental charity and lives in Bath, England.
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Her first novel, The Wilderness, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2009, longlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize and won the 2009 Betty Trask Prize. -
Alfredo Álamo
"Alfredo Álamo (Valencia, 1975) escribe bordeando territorios fronterizos, entre sombras y engranajes, siempre en terreno de sueños que a veces se convierten en pesadillas.
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Ha publicado cuentos en revistas y prestigiosas antologías dedicadas al terror y la ciencia ficción como Aquelarre (Salto de Página), Paura o Artifex, además de novelas como Kobold o Maginot. En 2014 publicó su primera novela para jóvenes adultos, Tormenta , cuya continuación, Plaga, apareció en 2018
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Carme Torras
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Carme Torras (www.iri.upc.edu/people/torras) is a robotics researcher and novelist. She studied mathematics at the University of Barcelona and computer science at the University of Massachusetts, and she currently heads the Perception and Manipulation group at the Robotics Institute (CSIC-UPC) in Barcelona. A member of Academia Europaea and of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona, she writes scientific works on robotics and artificial intelligence in English and fiction in Catalan, and some of her novels and short stories have been translated into English, Spanish and Italian.
Her novels Pedres de toc and Miracles perversos won the Primera Columna award and the Ferran Canyameres award to the best thriller, respectively. Her mo -
Edgar Cotes i Argelich
Edgar Cotes i Argelich (Balaguer, 1997). Traductor i escriptor de relat i microrelat, especialitzat en els gèneres fantàstics. Ha publicat un recull de microrelats "Els híbrids minvants" (2017, Edicions SECC), i els seus relats han aparegut en diversos volums col·lectius com ara "Bestiari" (2017, Edicions SECC), "Inèdits 12" (2017, Revista Inèdits), "Monstruari" (2018, Edicions SECC) i "El Biblionauta 4" (2018, El Biblionauta).
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Brendan Vidito
Brendan Vidito is the author of the Wonderland Award-winning collection of body horror stories, Nightmares in Ecstasy (Clash Books, 2018) and the upcoming Pornography for the End of the World (Weirdpunk Books, 2022). He also co-edited Splatterpunk Award-nominated anthology The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg (Weirdpunk Books, 2019) with Sam Richard. He lives in Ontario, surrounded by books and reptiles.
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Javi Fernández Mata
(Igualada, 1978) es un escritor con diferentes relatos publicados y premiados como “El puente eterno” (Ende interminable, Tinta Púrpura Ediciones). Es fundador y editor de la revista de cuentos y relatos ilustrados Narranación, y codirector y locutor del programa de radio del mismo nombre (emitido en Ràdio Igualada y Ràdio Vilanova del Camí y en formato pódcast). También organiza y participa en diferentes eventos culturales relacionados con la literatura y la ilustración.
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