José Carlos Somoza

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José Carlos Somoza
José Carlos Somoza

José Carlos Somoza is a Spanish author born on November 13th, 1959 in Havana, Cuba. In 1960 his family moved to Spain after being exiled for political reasons. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in psychiatry, but he gave up medicine in order to be a full-time writer in 1994.

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  • Planos 1994
  • Silencio de Blanca 1996
  • Miguel Will 1997
  • Cartas de un asesino insignificante 1999
  • La ventana pintada 1999
  • La caverna de las ideas 2000 (The Athenian Murders 2002, shortlisted for the UK's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; winner of the CWA Gold Dagger)
  • Dafne desvanecida 2000 (shortlisted for the Spain's Nadal Prize)
  • Clara y la penumbra 2001 (The Art of Murder 2004)
  • La dama número trece 2003
  • La caja de marfil 2004
  • El detalle (tres novelas breves) 2005
  • Zig Zag 2006
  • La llave del abismo( the key of doom) 2007 (Premio Ciudad de Torrevieja)

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