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🇺🇸Paul Pen is a bestselling Spanish author whose four novels have been translated to many languages. The Light of the Fireflies was his first book to be translated to English, becoming an international bestseller. This book was followed by Desert Flowers and Under the Water, with which he reaffirmed his unmistakable brand of literary suspense and ability to create a deeply immersive reading experience for the mind, heart and nerves. Now, his debut novel of almost ten years ago, The Warning, is being published in English for the first time, finally offering readers around the globe the chance to read a story already adapted to the big screen in 2018. Motion pictures of The Light of the Fireflies and Desert Flowers are also in development, th 🇺🇸Paul Pen is a bestselling Spanish author whose four novels have been translated to many languages. The Light of the Fireflies was his first book to be translated to English, becoming an international bestseller. This book was followed by Desert Flowers and Under the Water, with which he reaffirmed his unmistakable brand of literary suspense and ability to create a deeply immersive reading experience for the mind, heart and nerves. Now, his debut novel of almost ten years ago, The Warning, is being published in English for the first time, finally offering readers around the globe the chance to read a story already adapted to the big screen in 2018. Motion pictures of The Light of the Fireflies and Desert Flowers are also in development, the latter scripted by Pen himself. In his capacity as scriptwriter, Pen is working on a forthcoming Netflix series while he writes his next novel.

Prepare to be shocked, charmed; touched, horrified. Prepare for darkness and light. Love and terror. This is Pen's unique brand of suspense fiction, with echoes of Dahl, King and Hitchcock. His razor-sharp, irresistible storytelling is carefully and generously concocted to be enjoyed both by the masses and the more bookishly sophisticated

🇪🇸Paul Pen es autor de las novelas El aviso, El brillo de las luciérnagas y La casa entre los cactus, además de varios relatos. La traducción al inglés de su segunda novela, The Light of the Fireflies, se alzó a la tercera posición de los libros más vendidos en Amazon USA, superando las cien mil copias vendidas. Su primera novela, El aviso, fue llevada al cine en 2018, dirigida por Daniel Calparsoro. Las siguientes se encuentran también en proceso de adaptación al cine, la última con guion del propio autor. En su labor como guionista, Paul Pen prepara además una serie para Netflix de próximo estreno. Un matrimonio perfecto es su última y asfixiante novela.

La escritura de Paul Pen es una potente experiencia para la mente, el corazón y los nervios. Su manejo del suspense es igualmente capaz de impactar y emocionar, de horrorizar y conmover, combinando a la perfección la luz y la oscuridad, el amor y el terror. Su estilo certero, sencillo pero profundo, con ecos de Dahl, de King o de Hitchcock, atrae tanto a seguidores casuales amantes de los superventas, como a los más oscuros y sofisticados lectores.
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	El brillo de las luciérnagas 3.72 avg rating — 43,066 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La casa entre los cactus 3.93 avg rating — 5,387 ratings — published 2017 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un matrimonio perfecto 3.60 avg rating — 2,755 ratings — published 2019 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A un lado de la carretera 4.20 avg rating — 2,025 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El aviso 3.63 avg rating — 1,020 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El canto de los grillos 3.87 avg rating — 893 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La metamorfosis infinita 3.86 avg rating — 735 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trece historias: La noria (Trece historias, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trece historias: Best seller (Trece historias, #6) 4.06 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trece historias: Sirena de dos colas (Trece historias, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“No existe criatura más fascinante que aquella que es capaz de crear luz por sí misma”
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“A door loses its meaning if you don’t ever go through it. It becomes a wall.”
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“Y a la oscuridad quedarán relegados quienes no estén preparados para saber qué hay más allá de su pequeño mundo".”
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