Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Carlos Ruiz Zafón, author of Shadow of the Wind and other books, is one of Spain’s bestselling authors. His new novel is The Angel's Game.

From his Q & A with Anna Metcalfe at the Financial Times:

What book changed your life?

Discovering the world of books changed my life: I discovered the magic of the printed word.
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What was the first novel you read?

Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days.
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What are you most proud of writing?

I’m just proud of surviving the writing of my books and giving them to others. I’m fond of all my books – they’re all my little monsters so despite their defects I’m proud of them.

Read the complete Q & A.

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