Alonso Sánchez Baute is a Colombian writer, author of the novels
Al diablo la maldita primavera,
Líbranos del bien,
Leandro and
La mirada de Humilda; and of the books of chronicles, stories and essays
¿Sex o no sex?,
¿De dónde flores, si no hay jardín?,
Las formas del odio,
Mitología vallenata and
Parábola del salmón. He was part of the team of scriptwriters for the RCN series
La luz de mis ojos and
Leandro, based on his novel of the same name. He was a columnist for the newspapers
El Espectador and
El Heraldo and the magazine
Semana.com. He recently directed the Truth Commission’s editorial project Futuro en tránsito.