MB Agencia Literaria

Pedro Zarraluki published his first book when he was just twenty years old, La décima sinfonía (Argos Vergara, 1974), and has devoted himself to writing ever since. He is the author of two books of short stories, Galería de enormidades and Retrato de familia con catástrofe (both with Anagrama). As a novelist, he has published: El responsable de las ranas (Anagrama, 1990. Premio Ciudad de Barcelona and Premio Ojo Crítico), La historia del silencio (Anagrama, 1994 – RBA. 2010, Premio Herralde de Novela 1994), Hotel Astoria (Anagrama, 1997) and Para amantes y ladrones (Anagrama, 2000). Un encargo difícil (Destino, 2005), was granted the Nadal Award and was a finalist in the José Manuel Lara Foundation Award for the best book of the year. Following the compilation of stories Humor pródigo (Destino, 2007) came the novel Todo eso que tanto nos gusta (Destino, 2008). His latest book to date is also his first novel for Young Readers: El hijo del virrey (Siruela, 2012, White Raven Award 2013).