Authors and Creators
Andreu Martin
(1949- )

ANDREU MARTIN, born in Barcelona in 1949, has written more than 15 crime novels. He has also written fo many magazines, as well as children's books, comics, cinema, theater and television. There are no recurring characters in his stories but he has also written about private eyes, DANIEL PONCE and JUAN GES, who have each appeared in one book.

In these two novels, Martin mixes official investigation with the work of the PI (in each book, there are two tangled stories). As in Montalban's other novels these offered a critical look at Spanish society.

He also wrote many texts for parodic comics (the artist/ illustrator was his ex-wife Mariel Soria who is well known in Spain) featuring Inspector Sam Balluga as the central figure.

Martin is one of spain's more acclaimed crime writers, having won several literary prizes in Europe, including çirculo del crimen, Alfa 7, and the Deutshe Krimi.

NOVELS

• El señor Capone no està en casa (1980)
• A la vejez, novajodos (1980)
• Prothesis (1980)
• Por amor del arte (1982; Daniel Ponce)
• La camisa del revés (1983)
• Si es no es (1983; Juan Ges)
• Hay amores que maten, y qué ? (1984)
• El caballo y el mono (1984)
• Sucesos (1984)
• Memento de difuntos (1986)
• El dia Menos Pensado (1986)
• Jesus en los inferno (1990)
• Todos los detectives se llaman Flanagan (1996; for adolescents)

Compiled by Marcel Bernadac