Ricardo Silva Romero (Bogota, 1975) is the author of the novels Relato de Navidad en La Gran Vía, Walkman, Tic, Parece que va a llover, Fin, El hombre de los mil nombres, En orden de estatura, Autogol, Érase una vez en Colombia –which includes both Comedia romántica and El Espantapájaros– El libro de la envidia and Historia oficial del amor. His bibliography also includes two short story collections, two poetry books, a couple of books that don’t fit into any standard genre, a play titled Domingo and the website http://www.ricardosilvaromero.com. He writes for El Tiempo and Spain’s El País. In 2019 he won the 5th Biblioteca Prize for Colombian Fiction for his novel, Cómo perderlo todo. His latest book for children is Todo va a estar bien. In times of pandemic he has published Río Muerto (2020), Zoológico humano (2021) and Cómo vivir en vano (2022).
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