Authors

  • Alejandro Maciel

    Alejandro Maciel (Corrientes, Argentina, 1956) is a doctor and psychiatrist who was Roa Bastos’s personal assistant and doctor from 1996 until his death. He has published a good number of works for adults and young people, also as a journalist and teacher.

     

  • Álex de la Iglesia

    Álex de la Iglesia (Bilbao, 1965). In 1991 he directed the short film Mirindas asesinas. Since then he has shot emblematic films such as El día de la bestia (1995) and The Oxford Murders (2008). Payasos en la lavadora is his first and so far only novel (originally published in 1997).

     

  • Álex Monasterio Uría

    Álex Monasterio was born in 1972. Between 1994 and 1997 he studied physiotherapy at Escola Universitària d'Infermeria, Fisioteràpia i Nutrició Blanquerna (Ramon Llull University).
    While studying at university he worked as a scholar at the Unidad Asistencial y de Investigación Blanquerna, which specializes in neurology.
    After graduation, and in collaboration with Vicente Ferrer Foundation, he participated in the setup of an educational project to develop physiotherapy in Anantapur (India).