Javier Sierra

Javier Sierra Albert (Born August 11th., 1971 in Teruel, Aragon, Spain) is a Journalist, Writer and Researcher who studied Journalism at the "Universidad Complutense de Madrid". At the moment he is editor consultant of the monthly magazine Más Allá de la Ciencia (Beyond Science) distributed in Spain and Latin America and he participates in several Radio and TV programs. During the last years, he has concentrated main part of his efforts in travelling and investigating the enigmas of the past and historical mysteries, which never were clarified by the most orthodox studies. His novels have as common purpose to solve historical mysteries based on real documentation and extensive field research.

For years, Sierra has been working with people like Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval studying the existence of a "Golden Age" of the Humanity, dated in our most remote past.His hypothesis holds that this "Golden Age" was extinguished about 10,500 years ago, and it was the origin of all the known civilizations.

From an early age he was fascinated by the world of communications, conducting his first radio program in "Radio Heraldo" at the age of twelve. By the time he was sixteen, he was writing articles for the press, and at eighteen he was one of the founders of the international magazine "Año Cero" (Year Zero). At the age of twenty-seven, he became editor of the well-known Spanish monthly magazine "Más Allá de la Ciencia".

His last novel "The Secret Supper" has been published in 42 countries becoming one of the greatest international successes of Spanish Literature.

Javier Sierra is the first contemporary Spanish writer [http://www.hawes.com/2006/2006-04-09.pdf] who has entered in the top ten of the The New York Times Best Seller list. He achieved this success in April,9 of 2006 with his last novel "The Secret Supper".

Books and Literature

*"The Secret Supper" (Atria Books, 2006), English translation of "La Cena Secreta" by Alberto Manguel.
*"El secreto egipcio de Napoleón" (La Esfera, 2002)
*"En busca de la Edad de Oro" (Grijalbo, 2000)
*"Las puertas templarias" (Martínez Roca, 2000)
*"La Dama Azul" (Martínez Roca, 1998)
*"La España Extraña" (EDAF, 1997), in collaboration with Jesús Callejo
*"Roswell, secreto de Estado] " (EDAF, 1995)
*He participated in the collective work "Relatos Ferroviarios Sobre Raíles" ("Imagine Ediciones", 2003), with writers like "Juan Eslava Galán", "Dulce Chacón", "Espido Freire", "Javier García Sánchez" or "Eugenia Rico".
*He directed and prologued the historical intrigue novels collection "La Cámara Secreta" (col. Nº 80) for "Círculo de Lectores" (2003-2004), which joins works of writers like "Christian Jacq", "Phillip Vandenberg", "Larry Collins", "Valerio Evangelisti" or "Gerard Mesadié".

Prizes

*Finalist of the III Novel Prize Ciudad de Torrevieja 2004 with "La Cena Secreta"

Radio Interventions

*Collaborator in "La Rosa de los Vientos", Onda Cero Radio (2004-2006).
*Collaborator in "Herrera en la onda" (before "Herrera y punto"), "Onda Cero Radio" (2002-2003).
*Collaborator in "Milenio 3", Cadena SER Radio (2002).
*Consultant in "El Callejero", "Onda Cero Radio" (1998).
*Consultant in "Viva la Radio", "Radio Voz" (1996-1998).
*Consultant in "La Ventana Indiscreta", "Cadena SER Radio" (1989).
*Consultant in "Espacio en Blanco", "Radio Nacional de España" (1987-1988).
*Director and presenter of "La Otra Ciencia" and "Mare Nostrum", "Radio Nueva" (1986-1988).

TV Interventions

*Director and TV presenter of "El Otro Lado de la Realidad", Telemadrid (2004-2005).
*Collaborator in "Cada Día", Antena 3 TV (2005).
*Collaborator in "Crónicas Marcianas", Telecinco (1999-2004).
*Editor of "Otra Dimensión", "Telecinco" (1993).

Written press

*Editor consultant of the magazine Más Allá de la Ciencia ("M.C. Ediciones", 2005).
*Editor Director of "Revista de Arqueología" ("MC Ediciones", 2002), the most important publication of its genre in Spain.
*Director of the magazine "Más Allá de la Ciencia" ("M.C. Ediciones", 1998). He carried out the change of format, readjusts of contents and image, since January 1999.
*Coordinator of the special numbers of magazine "Más Allá de la Ciencia", "Grandes enigmas de Europa y América", "Pirámides del mundo", "Grandes misterios de la Tierra", "Misterios de Egipto", among others.
*Assistant director of the magazine "Más Allá de la Ciencia" ("J.C. Ediciones", 1995-1998).
*International coordinator of magazine "Año Cero" ("América Ibérica", 1994).
*Editor of magazine "Más Allá de la Ciencia" ("Heptada", 1993).
*Co-founder of the magazine "Año Cero" ("Hobby Press" 1990).

Editorial

*Consultant of the collection "Huellas Perdidas" de "Grijalbo Mondadori" (2000-2001).
*Editor consultant of the collection "Ediciones Martínez Roca" (2001).

External links

* [http://english.javiersierra.com His english official page]
* [http://www.thesecretsupper.com The page of his novel "La Cena Secreta"]