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Carlos Ruiz Zafón was frequently called the most-read Spanish author since Cervantes. His breakout 2001 novel The Shadow of the Wind follows Daniel, a young boy in Barcelona just after World War ...

Carlos Ruiz Zafón owns side-by-side apartments in Beverly ... But it was still scratchy. As a young man in Spain, Ruiz Zafón — whose grandparents were illiterate factory workers and whose ...

Carlos Ruiz Zafón was born on Sept ... In an essay on his website, Mr. Ruiz Zafón explained: “I have written for young readers, for the movies, for so-called adults; but mostly for people ...

the son of Fina Zafon and Justo Ruiz, an insurance broker. His parents encouraged the young Carlos, who soon became a voracious reader and keen writer. He attended San Ignacio de Sarria School and ...

The celebrated and world-renowned Spanish novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafón has died in Los Angeles ... The Prince of Mist (1993) - written for young adults. Other young adult fiction followed, before ...

Carlos Ruiz Zafón, author of the bestselling novel ... including “The Prince of Mist,” initially published as a young adult novel. “The Shadow of the Wind,” a literary thriller from ...

Carlos Ruiz Zafón, author of the best-selling novel ... including “The Prince of Mist,” initially published as a young adult novel. “The Shadow of the Wind,” a literary thriller ...

“Carlos Ruiz Zafón... leaves an important mark in modern ... He first gained notice in 1993 with a horror-mystery novel for young adults, “The Prince of Mist.” It would become a trilogy ...

Young Daniel's father runs a used-book store ... two passionate and forbidden love affairs and an enigmatic novelist, Carlos Ruiz Zafón periodically lessens the tension of his dark melodrama ...