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Pablo De Santis

Pablo De Santis was born in Buenos Aires in 1963. He studied Literature at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. He has worked as a journalist and comic scriptwriter and published numerous books for young adults. In the comics’ field, he worked as scriptwriter for the magazine "Fierro" where he became the Editor-in-Chief. He also wrote essays about the art of comics, one of which was published as a book, LA HISTORIETA EN LA EDAD DE LA RAZON (COMICS IN THE AGE OF REASON). His comic scripts, illustrated by Max Cachimba, were gathered under a volume entitled ROMPECABEZAS (PUZZELS).

In the past decade, De Santis published five novels: LA TRADUCCION (THE TRANSLATION), FILOSOFIA Y LETRES (PHILOSOPHY AND LETTERS), EL TEATRO DE LA MEMORIA (THE THEATER OF MEMORY), EL CALIGRAFO DE VOLTAIRE (VOLTAIRE'S CALLIGRAPHER) and EL ENIGMA EN PARIS (THE PARIS ENIGMA).

De Santis is the winner of the Inaugural Premio de Narrativa Iberoamericana Planeta-Casa de América for THE PARIS ENIGMA. The Premio de Narrativa Iberoamericana is Latin America’s equivalent to the Premio Planeta, one of Spain’s most highly regarded literary awards. Casa de América is a prestigious Spanish government organization focusing on the cultural relations between Spain and Latin America

The Paris Enigma

THE PARIS ENIGMA is a wonderfully gripping 19th-century who-done-it set in Paris during the construction of the Eiffel Tower and just prior to the World Expo of 1889, where the world’s 12 best detectives converge to solve a series of grisly murders. Partly an homage to the best of Agatha Christie, partly old world CSI in which 19th-century murder investigation methods shine –- think Caleb Carr’s THE ALIENIST meets Erik Larson’s THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY.

Voltaire’s Calligrapher

Rolling Stone, Buenos Aires: “...each of its sentences [of El calígrafo de Voltaire] conveys a passion for manuscripts... (..) Those who have read other books by this author will find again the precision in the rhythm, the skill to weigh up each word before choosing it. (…) Each chapter is like a planet revolving with its own brightness within a greater, precise and intertwined plot. This is a (mischievously) historical novel, a thriller and a philosophical novel too, but above all, it is a novel of adventures...”

La Nación Revista, Buenos Aires: "Those who believe that calligraphy is a sedentary art, have not yet read El Calígrafo de Voltaire, Pablo De Santis’ wonderful novel. De Santis writes a historical thriller without the common guided visits to the past, because of his narrative, which is deliciously and admirably sinister.”