MÃ rius SERRA
MÃ rius Serra (Barcelona, 1963) is a regular contributor to the media and holds a trilingual website dedicated to puns and wordplay (verbalia.com).
He has published thousands of crossword puzzles and articles, numerous books of narrative and several works of wordplay, including Verbà lia (Empúries, 2000 – Octavi Pellissa Prize, Serra d’Or Prize and Lletra d’Or Prize). Among his novels, one should mention Farsa (Columna, 2006 – Ramon Llull Novel Prize), the extremely successful Quiet (Empúries, 2008) and the novel Plans de futur (Proa, 2013), awarded the prestigious Sant Jordi Novel Prize, Res no és perfecte a Hawaii (Proa, 2016) and the non-fiction title D'on trec el temps (Empúries, 2017). After the publication of the best-seller thriller La novel·la de Sant Jordi, written with Oriol Comas i Coma, (Amsterdam, 2018), he followed up with more investigations, Jugar-s’hi la vida (Amsterdam, 2019) and Fora de joc a Montserrat (Empúries, 2021), the last installment in the Oriol Comas i Comas trilogy.
Hist latest novel is La dona més pintada (Proa, 2023).


We Want Mushrooms | La Galera, 2023

The Most Painted Woman | Proa, 2023

Going to the Sea | La Galera, 2023

Land on Earth | La Galera, 2023

Why Am I a Puzzle-Solver? | Clar Books, 2022

Can Robots Blow Their Own Trumpet? | Estrella Polar, 2022

As Useless as a Chocolate Teapot | Estrella Polar, 2022

Kiwipedia | Estrella Polar, 2021

Offside in Montserrat | Empúries, 2021

Estrella Polar, 2021

Estrella Polar, 2020 | The Adventures of Eve. Everything's OK

Estrella Polar, 2020 | The Adventures of Eve. Older than Dirt

Tirant Lo Blanc | Proa, 2020

Gambling With Your Life | Amsterdam/Ara Llibres, 2019

Saint George's Legend | Estrella Polar, 2016

The Ark of Babel | Edicions 62/Estrella Polar, 2012

Still | Empúries, 2018

Saint George's Novel | Amsterdam, 2018

Where I Find the Time | Empúries, 2017

Verbi and Mod’s Enigmas | PRH/Rosa Dels Vents, 2016

Everything Is Far From Perfect In Hawaii | Grup 62, 2016

Plans For The Future | Proa, 2013

The Bogeyman | Bromera, 2011

Verbalia | Empúries, 2010

Dictiomarius | Edicions 62/LaButxaca, 2010

Sending And Receiving | Columna, 2007

Farce | Planeta, 2006

How to Write a Novel | Empúries, 2004

Three Is A Croud | Columna, 2003

The True Story of Harald Bluetooth | L’Illa Diagonal

Verbà lia | Empúries, 2000

Ablatanalba | Edicions 62, 1999

Normal Life | Proa, 1998

My Uncle | Proa, 1996

Manual of Enigmistics | Columna, 1991