- José Carlos Somoza
José Carlos Somoza is a Spanish
author born onNovember 13 ,1959 inHavana ,Cuba . In 1960 his family moved toSpain after being exiled for political reasons. He holds aBachelor's Degree inpsychiatry , but he gave upmedicine in order to be a full-time writer in 1994.Works
*"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'sIndependent Foreign Fiction Prize ; winner of theCWA Gold Dagger )
*"Dafne desvanecida" 2000 (shortlisted for the Spain'sNadal 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)External links
* [http://www.josecarlossomoza.com José Carlos Somoza official website]
* [http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/athenian_murders/review/ Book review - The Athenian Murders]
* [http://dir.salon.com/story/books/review/2002/06/20/somoza/index.html A second review of The Athenian Murders from Salon]
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