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Carlos Ruiz Zafón is a Spanish novelist.
His first novel, El prÃncipe de la niebla, earned the Edebé literary prize for young adult fiction. He is also the author of three more young adult novels, El palacio de la medianoche, Las luces de septiembre and Marina. The English version of El PrÃncipe de la Niebla was published in 2010.
In 2001 he published the novel La sombra del viento, his first "adult" novel, which has sold millions of copies worldwide and more than a million copies in the UK alone. Since its publication, La sombra del viento has garnered critical acclaim around the world and has won many international awards. His next novel, El juego del ángel, was published in April 2008. The English edition, The Angel's Game, is translated by Lucia Graves, daughter of the poet Robert Graves. It is a prequel to The Shadow of the Wind, also set in Barcelona, but during the 1920s and 1930s. It follows David Martin, a young writer who is approached by a mysterious figure to write a book. Ruiz Zafón intends it to be included in a four book series along with The Shadow of the Wind. The next book in the cycle, El prisionero del cielo, appeared in 2011, and was published in English in July 2012 as The Prisoner of Heaven.
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